NiCoFe Layered Triple Hydroxides with Porous Structures as High-Performance Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting

ACS Energy Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 445-453

  Wang, An Liang ^a   Xu, Han ^a   Li, Gao Ren ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DURABILITY; ELECTROLYSIS; TERNARY ALLOYS;

ALKALINE MEDIA; CARBON FIBER CLOTHS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; ONSET POTENTIAL; OVERPOTENTIAL; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; POROUS STRUCTURES; WATER SPLITTING;

ELECTROCATALYSTS;

EID: 85008411114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23808195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00219     Document Type: Article

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