3D crumpled RGO-Co3O4 photocatalysts for UV-induced hydrogen evolution reaction

Materials Letters

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 118-121

  Chandrasekaran, Sundaram ^a   Choi, Won Mook ^a   Chung, Jin Suk ^a   Hur, Seung Hyun ^a   Kim, Eui Jung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cobalt oxide; Exchange current density; Hydrogen evolution; Reduced graphene oxide; Tafel plot

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; GRAPHENE;

COBALT OXIDES; EXCHANGE CURRENT DENSITIES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; TAFEL PLOTS;

HYDROGEN; GRAPHENE;

EID: 84906555357     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2014.07.179     Document Type: Article

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