A rhodium/silicon co-electrocatalyst design concept to surpass platinum hydrogen evolution activity at high overpotentials

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhu, Lili ^a   Lin, Haiping ^a   Li, Youyong ^a   Liao, Fan ^a   Lifshitz, Yeshayahu ^a,b   Sheng, Minqi ^a   Lee, Shuit Tong ^a   Shao, Mingwang ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; RHODIUM; SILICON;

ADSORPTION; CATALYST; COMPOSITE; DESIGN METHOD; DESORPTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYDROGEN; NANOPARTICLE; PLATINUM; RHODIUM; SILICON;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CURRENT DENSITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DESORPTION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONVERSION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; SIMULATION;

EID: 84979217571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12272     Document Type: Article

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