Fabrication of three-dimensional nanoporous nickel films with tunable nanoporosity and their excellent electrocatalytic activities for hydrogen evolution reaction

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 934-941

  Cai, Jing ^a   Xu, Jing ^a   Wang, Jianming ^a   Zhang, Liying ^a   Zhou, Huan ^a   Zhong, Yuan ^a   Chen, Dan ^a   Fan, Huiqing ^a   Shao, Haibo ^a   Zhang, Jianqing ^a,b   Cao, Chu Nan ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Electrochemical dealloying; Hydrogen evolution reaction; Nanoporous nickel film; Three dimensional nanostructure; Zn Ni alloy film

Indexed keywords

DEALLOYING; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; NICKEL FILM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES; ZN-NI ALLOY;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; FABRICATION; FILM PREPARATION; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDROGEN; NICKEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ZINC;

METALLIC FILMS;

EID: 84872027145     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.10.084     Document Type: Article

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