Transition metal carbides (WC, Mo2C, TaC, NbC) as potential electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) at medium temperatures

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2905-2911

  Meyer, Simon ^b   Nikiforov, Aleksey V ^a   Petrushina, Irina M ^a   Köhler, Klaus ^b   Christensen, Erik ^a   Jensen, Jens Oluf ^a   Bjerrum, Niels J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER); Medium temperature water electrolysis; Molten potassium dihydrogen phosphate; Non platinum electrocatalyst

Indexed keywords

CARBIDES; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; COATED WIRE ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS;

CARBURIZATION REACTIONS; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; MEDIUM TEMPERATURE; NON-PLATINUM; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; SOLID ACID MEMBRANE; TRANSITION METAL CARBIDE; WATER ELECTROLYSIS;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84922387036     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.12.076     Document Type: Article

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