Low Overpotential Water Splitting Using Cobalt-Cobalt Phosphide Nanoparticles Supported on Nickel Foam

ACS Energy Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1192-1198

  Masa, Justus ^a   Barwe, Stefan ^a   Andronescu, Corina ^a,b   Sinev, Ilya ^a   Ruff, Adrian ^a   Jayaramulu, Kolleboyina ^a   Elumeeva, Karina ^a   Konkena, Bharathi ^a   Roldan Cuenya, Beatriz ^a   Schuhmann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTES; FOAMS; GLASS MEMBRANE ELECTRODES; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ACIDIC ELECTROLYTES; CATHODE AND ANODE; COBALT PHOSPHIDE; GLASSY CARBON ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; LOW COST CATALYSTS; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; WATER SPLITTING REACTIONS;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85014862471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23808195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00532     Document Type: Article

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