Self-Reduction Synthesis of New MXene/Ag Composites with Unexpected Electrocatalytic Activity

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 6763-6771

  Zhang, Zhiwei ^a   Li, Hanning ^a   Zou, Guodong ^a   Fernandez, Carlos ^b   Liu, Baozhong ^c   Zhang, Qingrui ^a   Hu, Jie ^a   Peng, Qiuming ^b  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bimetal; MXene; Nanowires; Oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

BIMETALS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GAS ADSORPTION; NANOWIRES; OXYGEN;

ELECTROCATALYTIC; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; MXENE; NANOWIRE COMPOSITES; OXYGEN ADSORPTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; POLYVINYL PYRROLIDONE;

SILVER;

EID: 85002202535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01698     Document Type: Article

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