Multi-walled carbon nanotubes supported porous nickel oxide as noble metal-free electrocatalysts for efficient water oxidation

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 10467-10475

  Yu, Xingxing ^a   Xu, Peng ^a   Hua, Tianyi ^a   Han, Ali ^a   Liu, Xiang ^a   Wu, Haotian ^a   Du, Pingwu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Electrocatalysis; Electrodeposition; Hydrogen production; Nickel oxide; Water oxidation

Indexed keywords

ANODIC OXIDATION; BISMUTH ALLOYS; BISMUTH METALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOTUBES; NICKEL OXIDE; PRECIOUS METALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANODIC POTENTIALS; BUFFERED SOLUTIONS; CATALYST MATERIAL; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY ANALYSIS (EDX); FARADAIC EFFICIENCIES; METAL-FREE ELECTROCATALYSTS; WATER OXIDATION; WORKING ELECTRODE;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84902546790     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.04.191     Document Type: Article

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