Integrated Three-Dimensional Carbon Paper/Carbon Tubes/Cobalt-Sulfide Sheets as an Efficient Electrode for Overall Water Splitting

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 2342-2348

  Wang, Jun ^a,b   Zhong, Hai Xia ^a,b   Wang, Zhong Li ^a   Meng, Fan Lu ^a   Zhang, Xin Bo ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

bifunctionality; electrocatalysis; integrated 3D electrode; overall water splitting

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; HYDROGEN STORAGE; PAPER; PRECIOUS METALS;

3-D ELECTRODES; BIFUNCTIONALITY; CATALYTIC ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; NON-NOBLE METAL CATALYSTS; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) ARRAYS; WATER SPLITTING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

CARBON; ELECTRODES; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN;

EID: 84960158886     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b07126     Document Type: Article

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