Probing the electronic structure of M-graphene oxide (M = Ni, Co, NiCo) catalysts for hydrolytic dehydrogenation of ammonia borane

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 362, Issue , 2016, Pages 79-85

  Zhao, Binhua ^a   Liu, Jinyin ^a   Zhou, Litao ^a   Long, Dan ^b   Feng, Kun ^a   Sun, Xuhui ^a   Zhong, Jun ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia borane; Electronic structure; Graphene oxide; Hydrolytic dehydrogenation; STXM

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BINARY ALLOYS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COBALT ALLOYS; DEHYDROGENATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS;

AMMONIA BORANE; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; DISTRIBUTION OF METAL; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; METAL ELEMENTS; PEAK INTENSITY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION X RAY MICROSCOPY; STXM;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84959554360     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.11.205     Document Type: Article

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