Small and well-dispersed Cu nanoparticles on carbon nanofibers: Self-supported electrode materials for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 40, 2016, Pages 18044-18049

  Wang, Juan ^a   Zhu, Han ^a   Chen, JiaDong ^a   Zhang, Bin ^a   Zhang, Ming ^a   Wang, LiNa ^a   Du, MingLiang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofibers; Cu nanoparticles; Electrochemistry; Electrospinning; Hydrogen evolution reaction

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROSPINNING; NANOFIBERS; NANOPARTICLES; PRECIOUS METALS; SLOPE STABILITY; SPINNING (FIBERS);

ACIDIC ELECTROLYTES; CU NANO-PARTICLES; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; ELECTRODE KINETICS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; LARGE SPECIFIC SURFACE AREAS; LONG TERM STABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) ARCHITECTURES;

CARBON NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84992316332     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.08.058     Document Type: Article

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