A nickel iron diselenide-derived efficient oxygen-evolution catalyst

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Xu, Xiang ^a   Song, Fang ^a   Hu, Xile ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXIDE; IRON; IRON OXIDE; METAL OXIDE; NICKEL; SELENIDE;

CATALYST; FUEL CELL; HYDROXIDE; IRON OXIDE; NICKEL; OXYGEN; REACTION KINETICS;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; NANOFABRICATION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; POLARIZATION;

EID: 84981288407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12324     Document Type: Article

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