Precise tuning in platinum-nickel/nickel sulfide interface nanowires for synergistic hydrogen evolution catalysis

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Wang, Pengtang ^a   Zhang, Xu ^b   Zhang, Jin ^a   Wan, Sheng ^c   Guo, Shaojun ^c   Lu, Gang ^b   Yao, Jianlin ^a   Huang, Xiaoqing ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; NANOWIRE; NICKEL; SULFIDE;

HYDROGEN; NICKEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLATINUM; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION;

EID: 85014220742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14580     Document Type: Article

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