Co-, N-, and S-Tridoped Carbon Derived from Nitrogen- and Sulfur-Enriched Polymer and Cobalt Salt for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 13341-13347

  Deng, Wenfang ^a   Jiang, Hongmei ^a   Chen, Chao ^a   Yang, Lu ^a   Zhang, Youming ^a   Peng, Shuqin ^a   Wang, Shuqin ^a   Tan, Yueming ^a   Ma, Ming ^a   Xie, Qingji ^a  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Co , N , and S tridoped carbon; cobalt complex; hydrogen evolution reaction; nitrogen and sulfur enriched polymer; pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

COBALT; ELECTROCATALYSTS; NITROGEN; PYROLYSIS; SULFUR;

ACTIVE CATALYST; ACTIVE MOLECULES; AMINOBENZENESULFONIC ACID; BATCH SYNTHESIS; CATALYTIC CENTER; COBALT COMPLEXES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; OVERPOTENTIAL;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84973355611     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b12666     Document Type: Article

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