NiS1.97: A new efficient water oxidation catalyst for photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 36, 2015, Pages 20053-20060

  Bhosale, Reshma ^a,b   Kelkar, Sarika ^a   Parte, Golu ^c   Fernandes, Rohan ^d   Kothari, Dushyant ^d   Ogale, Satishchandra ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

dichlacogenide; Faradaic efficiency; hydrogen generation; NiS1.97; nonstoichiometric; photoelectrochemical catalyst; sulfurization

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NICKEL OXIDE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; REDOX REACTIONS; SULFUR;

DICHLACOGENIDE; FARADAIC EFFICIENCIES; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; NIS1.97; NON-STOICHIOMETRIC; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SULFURIZATION;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84941801078     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b05077     Document Type: Article

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