NiS2 nanosheets array grown on carbon cloth as an efficient 3D hydrogen evolution cathode

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 153, Issue , 2015, Pages 508-514

  Tang, Chun ^a   Pu, Zonghua ^a   Liu, Qian ^a   Asiri, Abdullah M ^b   Sun, Xuping ^a,b  

^a CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

hydrogen evolution cathode; nanosheets array; neutral and basic electrolytes; nickel sulfide; water splitting

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATHODES; HYDROGEN; NICKEL;

BASIC SOLUTIONS; CARBON CLOTHS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; NEUTRAL SOLUTION; NICKEL SULFIDE; OVER POTENTIAL; SULFIDIZATION; WATER SPLITTING;

NANOSHEETS;

EID: 84918494672     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.12.043     Document Type: Article

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