FeP nanoparticles film grown on carbon cloth: An ultrahighly active 3D hydrogen evolution cathode in both acidic and neutral solutions

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 20579-20584

  Tian, Jingqi ^a,b   Liu, Qian ^a   Liang, Yanhui ^a   Xing, Zhicai ^a   Asiri, Abdullah M ^c   Sun, Xuping ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

3D hydrogen evolution cathode; acidic and neutral solutions; FeP nanoparticles; ultrahigh activity; water splitting

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATHODES; CLOTHES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HYDROGEN FUELS; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETITE; NANOPARTICLES; TEMPERATURE;

COST EFFECTIVE; FUEL PRODUCTION; GOOD STABILITY; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; LARGE SCALE HYDROGEN; LOW TEMPERATURES; NEUTRAL SOLUTION; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84917711139     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5064684     Document Type: Article

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