NiO/CoN Porous Nanowires as Efficient Bifunctional Catalysts for Zn-Air Batteries

ACS Nano

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 2275-2283

  Yin, Jie ^a   Li, Yuxuan ^a   Lv, Fan ^b   Fan, Qiaohui ^c   Zhao, Yong Qing ^a   Zhang, Qiaolan ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Cheng, Fangyi ^d   Xi, Pinxian ^a   Guo, Shaojun ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

nanointerface; NiO CoN porous nanowires; oxygen evolution; oxygen vacancies; Zn air battery

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; NANOWIRES; OXYGEN; PHASE INTERFACES; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC;

BI-FUNCTIONAL CATALYSTS; COORDINATION NUMBER; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; NANO-INTERFACE; OPEN CIRCUIT POTENTIAL; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 85014398746     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b00417     Document Type: Article

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