Cobalt-based layered double hydroxides as oxygen evolving electrocatalysts in neutral electrolyte

Frontiers of Materials Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 142-148

  Lin, Hong ^a   Zhang, Ye ^a   Wang, Gang ^b   Li, Jian Bao ^a,c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cobalt catalyst; layered double hydroxide (LDH); neutral; oxygen evolution reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861765007     PISSN: 2095025X     EISSN: 20950268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11706-012-0162-8     Document Type: Article

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