WO3-x Nanoplates Grown on Carbon Nanofibers for an Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 28, 2016, Pages 18132-18139

  Chen, Jiadong ^a   Yu, Danni ^a   Liao, Weisha ^a   Zheng, Mengdan ^a   Xiao, Longfei ^a   Zhu, Han ^a   Zhang, Ming ^a   Du, Mingliang ^a   Yao, Juming ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon nanofibers; electrocatalysis; hydrogen evolution; two dimension; WO3 x

Indexed keywords

CARBONIZATION; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METALS; NANOFIBERS; PRECIOUS METALS; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS;

ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; EXCHANGE CURRENT DENSITIES; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; MORPHOLOGY AND COMPOSITION; TWO-DIMENSION; WO3-X;

CARBON NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84979578740     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b05245     Document Type: Article

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