Controlled electrodeposition of CoMoSx on carbon cloth: A 3D cathode for highly-efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 3811-3819

  Zhang, Nan ^a,b   Ma, Weiguang ^a,b   Jia, Fei ^a,c   Wu, Tongshun ^a   Han, Dongxue ^a   Niu, Li ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Binary metal sulfide; CoMoSx; Electrocatalyst; Electrodeposition; Hydrogen evolution reaction

Indexed keywords

BINS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTROLYTES; HYDROGEN;

BINARY METALS; CO-ELECTRODEPOSITION; COMOSX; CONTROLLABLE MORPHOLOGY; DEPOSITION CONDITIONS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

ELECTRODES;

EID: 84955327389     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.12.173     Document Type: Article

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