High-performance hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst derived from Ni3C nanoparticles embedded in a porous carbon network

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 60-64

  Wang, Hao ^a   Cao, Yingjie ^a   Zou, Guifu ^a   Yi, Qinghua ^a   Guo, Jun ^a   Gao, Lijun ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon network; Composites; Electrocatalyst; Hydrogen evolution; Ni3C

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOPARTICLES; POROUS MATERIALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CARBON NETWORK; CARBON SOURCE; ELECTROCATALYTIC; H2 PRODUCTION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; NI3C; ONSET POTENTIAL; OVERPOTENTIAL;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85016293326     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b14393     Document Type: Article

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