Novel cobalt/nickel-tungsten-sulfide catalysts for electrocatalytic hydrogen generation from water

Energy and Environmental Science

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2452-2459

  Tran, Phong D ^a,b   Chiam, Sing Yang ^c   Boix, Pablo P ^a   Ren, Yi ^c   Pramana, Stevin S ^d   Fize, Jennifer ^e   Artero, Vincent ^e   Barber, James ^b,f,g  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYTIC; ELECTRODEPOSITION PROCESS; HETEROBIMETALLIC SULFIDES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; LAYERED STRUCTURES; MOLYBDENUM AND TUNGSTEN;

COBALT; ELECTROCATALYSTS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NICKEL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

TUNGSTEN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CATALYSIS; CRUST; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HYDROGEN; WATER;

EID: 84882626048     PISSN: 17545692     EISSN: 17545706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3ee40600h     Document Type: Article

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