Preparation of NiCoP Hollow Quasi-Polyhedra and Their Electrocatalytic Properties for Hydrogen Evolution in Alkaline Solution

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 5982-5991

  Li, Yapeng ^a   Liu, Jindou ^a   Chen, Chen ^a   Zhang, Xiaohua ^a   Chen, Jinhua ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

alkaline solution; double metal phosphide; hollow structure; hydrogen evolution reaction; quasi polyhedron; ZIF 67

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; HOLLOW STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; METAL PHOSPHIDES; QUASI-POLYHEDRON; ZIF-67;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 85013414605     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b14127     Document Type: Article

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