Cobalt-bisglyoximato diphenyl complex as a precatalyst for electrocatalytic H2 evolution

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 13377-13381

  Anxolabéhère Mallart, Elodie ^a   Costentin, Cyrille ^a   Fournier, Maxime ^a   Robert, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FILMS; COBALT; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; PROTONS;

CARBON ELECTRODE; CARBON SUBSTRATES; COBALT ELECTRODES; COBALT PARTICLES; ELECTROCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXCHANGE CURRENT DENSITIES; PARTIAL COVERAGE; PROTON REDUCTION;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85013160905     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500813r     Document Type: Article

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