Electrospun nickel-decorated carbon nanofiber membranes as efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 159, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-7

  Ding, Qianwei ^a   Liu, Mingkai ^a   Miao, Yue E ^a   Huang, Yunpeng ^a   Liu, Tianxi ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon nanofibers; Electrospinning; hydrogen evolution reaction; nickel nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CARBONIZATION; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL; NICKEL METALLOGRAPHY;

CARBON NANOCOMPOSITE; CARBON NANOFIBER MEMBRANES; CARBONIZATION PROCESS; EFFICIENT CATALYSTS; ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; NICKEL NANOPARTICLES;

CARBON NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84922380032     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.01.197     Document Type: Article

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