Highly active and inexpensive iron phosphide nanorods electrocatalyst towards hydrogen evolution reaction

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 41, 2015, Pages 14272-14278

  Du, Hongfang ^a   Gu, Shuang ^a   Liu, Rongwei ^a   Li, Chang Ming ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrocatalyst; Hydrogen evolution reaction; Iron phosphide; Nanorods; Template assisted synthesis

Indexed keywords

ANODIC OXIDATION; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; HYDROGEN; IRON; NANORODS; SLOPE STABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

ACIDIC SOLUTIONS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; IRON PHOSPHIDE; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; POROUS ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDES; TEMPLATE-ASSISTED SYNTHESIS; WATER ELECTROLYSIS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84944330272     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.02.099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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