Hierarchical NiFe Layered Double Hydroxide Hollow Microspheres with Highly-Efficient Behavior toward Oxygen Evolution Reaction

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 49, 2016, Pages 33697-33703

  Zhang, Cong ^a   Shao, Mingfei ^a   Zhou, Lei ^a   Li, Zhenhua ^a   Xiao, Kaiming ^a   Wei, Min ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

electrocatalysts; hollow microsphere; layered double hydroxide; non precious metal hydroxide; oxygen evolution reaction

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYSTS; IRIDIUM; MICROSPHERES; OXYGEN; PRECIOUS METALS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SLOPE STABILITY;

ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDIES; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HOLLOW MICROSPHERE; LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES; NON-PRECIOUS METALS; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES;

BOROPHOSPHATE GLASS;

EID: 85006251556     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b12100     Document Type: Article

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