An efficient route for catalytic activity promotion via hybrid electro-depositional modification on commercial nickel foam for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline water electrolysis

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 313, Issue , 2014, Pages 512-523

  Ma, Guanshui ^a   He, Yongwei ^a   Wang, Mei ^a   Zhu, Fuchun ^a   Tang, Bin ^a   Wang, Xiaoguang ^a,b  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL IBERIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Composites; Electrocatalysis; Electrochemically deposition; Hydrogen evolution reaction; Nickel foam

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATHODES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE FILMS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTROLYSIS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN; NICKEL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALKALINE WATER ELECTROLYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPOSITE CATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROCHEMICALLY DEPOSITION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY ANALYSIS (EDX); HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; NICKEL FOAM;

FOAMS;

EID: 84904823713     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.06.015     Document Type: Article

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