Active sites implanted carbon cages in core-shell architecture: Highly active and durable electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 684-694

  Zhang, Huabin ^a,b   Ma, Zuju ^c   Duan, Jingjing ^d   Liu, Huimin ^b   Liu, Guigao ^b   Wang, Tao ^b   Chang, Kun ^b   Li, Mu ^b   Shi, Li ^b   Meng, Xianguang ^b   Wu, Kechen ^c   Ye, Jinhua ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active surface area; Catalysis; Core shell nanoparticles; Hydrogen evolution reaction; N B codoping

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; COBALT; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANOMETALLICS; PRECIOUS METALS;

ACTIVE SURFACE AREA; CO-DOPING; CORE/SHELL NANOPARTICLES; CORROSION AND OXIDATION; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVE SURFACE AREAS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; METALORGANIC FRAMEWORKS (MOFS);

ELECTROCATALYSTS;

EID: 84991200039     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b05728     Document Type: Article

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