Nickel supported on nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes as hydrogen oxidation reaction catalyst in alkaline electrolyte

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhuang, Zhongbin ^a,b   Giles, Stephen A ^b   Zheng, Jie ^b   Jenness, Glen R ^b   Caratzoulas, Stavros ^b   Vlachos, Dionisios G ^b   Yan, Yushan ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTE; CARBON NANOTUBE; ELECTROLYTE; HYDROGEN; NANOPARTICLE; NICKEL; NICKEL NANOPARTICLE; NITROGEN; PLATINUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYST; ELECTROLYTE; FUEL CELL; HYDROGEN; NANOPARTICLE; NICKEL; NITROGEN; OXIDATION;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CURRENT DENSITY; OXIDATION;

EID: 84954173473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10141     Document Type: Article

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