Co-vacancy-rich Co1–xS nanosheets anchored on rGO for high-efficiency oxygen evolution

Nano Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1819-1831

  Zhu, Jiaqing ^a   Ren, Zhiyu ^a   Du, Shichao ^a   Xie, Ying ^a   Wu, Jun ^a,b   Meng, Huiyuan ^a   Xue, Yuzhu ^a   Fu, Honggang ^a  

^a HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Co1 xS; cobalt vacancies (V Co); electrocatalysis; nanosheets; oxygen evolution reaction

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; COBALT; COBALT DEPOSITS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTES; GRAPHENE; NANOSHEETS; OXYGEN; REACTION KINETICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROACTIVE SURFACE; HYDROTHERMAL REACTION; HYDROTHERMAL TEMPERATURE; NON-STOICHIOMETRIC; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; REACTION THERMODYNAMICS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO);

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 85015622420     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-017-1511-9     Document Type: Article

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