M3C (M: Fe, Co, Ni) Nanocrystals Encased in Graphene Nanoribbons: An Active and Stable Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 7407-7418

  Fan, Xiujun ^a,b,c   Peng, Zhiwei ^a   Ye, Ruquan ^a   Zhou, Haiqing ^a,c   Guo, Xia ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hydrogen evolution reaction (HER); M3C (M: Fe Co Ni); nanocrystals (NCs); oxygen reduction reaction (ORR); vertically aligned graphene nanoribbons (VA GNRs)

Indexed keywords

CARBIDES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN; NANOCRYSTALS; OXYGEN; SLOPE STABILITY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION METALS;

GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; M3C (M: FE CO NI); NANOCRYSTAL (NCS); OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

NANORIBBONS;

EID: 84938074692     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02420     Document Type: Article

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