Amorphous nickel/cobalt tungsten sulfide electrocatalysts for high-efficiency hydrogen evolution reaction

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 341, Issue , 2015, Pages 149-156

  Yang, Lun ^a   Wu, Xinglong ^a,b   Zhu, Xiaoshu ^c   He, Chengyu ^a   Meng, Ming ^a   Gan, Zhixing ^a   Chu, Paul K ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Amorphous tungsten sulfide; Cobalt; Hydrogen evolution; Nickel

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL BONDS; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NICKEL; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVE SURFACE SITES; AMORPHOUS NICKEL; CHEMICAL BONDING STATE; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; NICKEL AND COBALTS; POROUS STRUCTURES; TUNGSTEN SULFIDE;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84926347383     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.03.018     Document Type: Article

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