Engineering surface atomic structure of single-crystal cobalt (II) oxide nanorods for superior electrocatalysis

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Ling, Tao ^a,b   Yan, Dong Yang ^a   Jiao, Yan ^b   Wang, Hui ^c   Zheng, Yao ^b   Zheng, Xueli ^a   Mao, Jing ^a   Du, Xi Wen ^a   Hu, Zhenpeng ^d   Jaroniec, Mietek ^e   Qiao, Shi Zhang ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT DERIVATIVE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; METAL OXIDE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOROD; OXYGEN;

ADSORPTION; CATALYST; COBALT; CRYSTAL; DURABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; OXYGEN; REDUCTION;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CATION EXCHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CURRENT DENSITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANOCATALYSIS; NANOCATALYST; NANOENGINEERING; NANOFABRICATION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84988851160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12876     Document Type: Article

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