Three-dimensional porous superaerophobic nickel nanoflower electrodes for high-performance hydrazine oxidation

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3365-3371

  Feng, Guang ^a   Kuang, Yun ^a   Li, Yingjie ^a   Sun, Xiaoming ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

electrocatalysis; Ni nanoflower; three dimensional (3D) porous; ultra high stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943366039     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0836-5     Document Type: Article

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