Cobalt Phosphide Hollow Polyhedron as Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for the Evolution Reaction of Hydrogen and Oxygen

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 2158-2165

  Liu, Mengjia ^a   Li, Jinghong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cobalt phosphide; hollow; hydrogen evolution reaction; oxygen evolution reaction; polyhedron

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; COBALT; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYSIS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ORGANOMETALLICS; OXYGEN; PRECIOUS METALS;

COBALT PHOSPHIDE; HOLLOW; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; POLYHEDRON;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84955621167     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b10727     Document Type: Article

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