One-pot synthesis of metal-carbon nanotubes network hybrids as highly efficient catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction of water splitting

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 10089-10098

  Cheng, Yi ^a   Liu, Chang ^b   Cheng, Hui Ming ^b   Jiang, San Ping ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

alkaline water electrolysis; arc discharge; chemical vapor deposition; metal carbon nanotubes hybrids; one pot synthesis; oxygen evolution reaction

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTROCATALYSTS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; OXYGEN; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VAPORS;

ALKALINE WATER ELECTROLYSIS; ARC DISCHARGE; METAL-CARBON NANOTUBES HYBRIDS; ONE-POT SYNTHESIS; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION;

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EID: 84904090080     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500988p     Document Type: Article

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