Amorphous Ni-B alloy nanoparticle film on Ni foam: Rapid alternately dipping deposition for efficient overall water splitting

Nanotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Liang, Yanhui ^a   Sun, Xuping ^a   Asiri, Abdullah M ^b   He, Yuquan ^c  

^a CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3D catalytic electrode; electroless deposition; hydrogen energy; Ni B nanoparticle film; water splitting

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; DEPOSITION; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLESS PLATING; METALLIC FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; PRECIOUS METALS;

BIFUNCTIONAL ELECTROCATALYSTS; CATALYTIC ELECTRODES; CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATES; HYDROGEN ENERGY; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; NANOPARTICLE FILMS; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; WATER SPLITTING;

NICKEL;

EID: 84959239725     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/12/12LT01     Document Type: Article

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