Converting CoMoO4 into CoO/MoOx for overall water splitting by hydrogenation

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3743-3749

  Yan, Xiaodong ^a   Tian, Lihong ^a,b   Atkins, Samuel ^a   Liu, Yan ^a,c   Murowchick, James ^a   Chen, Xiaobo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cobalt monoxide; Composite; Hydrogen evolution reaction; Molybdenum oxide; Water electrolysis

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; HYDROGENATION; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE;

BIFUNCTIONAL ELECTROCATALYSTS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; LARGE SCALE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; ROBUST STABILITY; SPECIAL STRUCTURE; WATER ELECTROLYSIS; WATER SPLITTING;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84978998582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b00383     Document Type: Article

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