Polymorphic CoSe2 with mixed orthorhombic and cubic phases for highly efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1772-1779

  Zhang, Hongxiu ^a   Yang, Bin ^a   Wu, Xiaolin ^a   Li, Zhongjian ^a   Lei, Lecheng ^a   Zhang, Xingwang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

earth abundant elements; electrocatalysis; electrodeposition; hydrogen evolution reaction; polymorphic CoSe2

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; HYDROGEN; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CUBIC PHASIS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; OVERPOTENTIAL; POLYMORPHIC COSE2; STATE-OF-THE-ART PERFORMANCE; TAFEL SLOPES;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84921735164     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am507373g     Document Type: Article

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