Cobalt phosphide nanowall arrays supported on carbon cloth: An efficient monolithic non-noble-metal hydrogen evolution catalyst

Nanotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 47, 2016, Pages

  Yang, Libin ^a,b   Wang, Kunyang ^c   Du, Gu ^c   Zhu, Wenxin ^b   Cui, Liang ^b   Zhang, Chengxiao ^a   Sun, Xuping ^b   Asiri, Abdullah M ^d  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

catalyst; cobalt phosphide; electrolysis; hydrogen evolution; hydrolysis; nanowall arrays

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYSTS; COBALT; DURABILITY; ELECTROLYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; FOSSIL FUELS; HYDROLYSIS; PRECIOUS METALS; REUSABILITY;

ALKALINE MEDIA; COBALT PHOSPHIDE; ENERGY CARRIERS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; METAL-HYDROGEN; NANOWALLS; SODIUM BORO HYDRIDES;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84994552720     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/47/475702     Document Type: Article

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