Carbon-Coated Nickel Phosphide Nanosheets as Efficient Dual-Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 41, 2016, Pages 27850-27858

  Yu, Jing ^a,b   Li, Qianqian ^a   Chen, Na ^b   Xu, Cheng Yan ^b   Zhen, Liang ^b   Wu, Jinsong ^a   Dravid, Vinayak P ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon coating; nanosheets array; nickel phosphide; overall water splitting; synergistic effect

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCATALYSTS; NANOSHEETS; NICKEL COATINGS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

CARBON COATING; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; NICKEL PHOSPHIDE; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; SYNERGISTIC INTERACTION; WATER SPLITTING;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84992215573     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b10552     Document Type: Article

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