Iron-doped nickel disulfide nanoarray: A highly efficient and stable electrocatalyst for water splitting

Nano Research

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 3346-3354

  Yang, Na ^a   Tang, Chun ^a   Wang, Kunyang ^b   Du, Gu ^b   Asiri, Abdullah M ^c   Sun, Xuping ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

iron doping; nanosheet array; nickel disulfide (NiS2); oxygen evolution reaction; water splitting

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ENERGY CONVERSION; IRON COMPOUNDS; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

IRON DOPING; NANOSHEET ARRAYS; NICKEL DISULFIDES; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; WATER SPLITTING;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84982123794     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-016-1211-x     Document Type: Article

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