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Molybdenum Boride and Carbide Catalyze Hydrogen Evolution in both Acidic and Basic Solutions

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Getting the hydrogen out: Molybdenum boride (MoB) and carbide (Mo2C) are excellent catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution at both pH 0 and pH 14. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.

Source: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201207111

Authors: Heron Vrubel, Xile Hu

Institution: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Language: English

Topic: Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Subfield: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Field: Energy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, FP7 Ideas: European Research Council

Award: Molecular Catalysts Made of Earth-Abundant Elements for Energy and Sustainability