1.82 wt.% Pt/N, P co-doped carbon overwhelms 20 wt.% Pt/C as a high-efficiency electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction

Nano Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 238-246

  Wang, Changhong ^a,b   Hu, Feng ^a   Yang, Hongchao ^a,b   Zhang, Yejun ^a   Lu, Huan ^a   Wang, Qiangbin ^a  

^a SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

electrocatalysis; hydrogen evolution reaction; N and P co doped carbon; Pt

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRONEGATIVITY; PLATINUM;

ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS; AVERAGE DIAMETER; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; CO-DOPED; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); ULTRALOW PT LOADINGS;

CARBON;

EID: 84991687913     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-016-1281-9     Document Type: Article

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