Highly efficient and durable MoNiNC catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction

Nano Energy

Volumn 37, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-6

  Wang, Fanan ^a,b   Sun, Yuanmiao ^f   He, Yanghua ^a   Liu, Linghui ^a,d   Xu, Jinming ^a   Zhao, Xiaochen ^a   Yin, Guangzhao ^e   Zhang, Liping ^c   Li, Shuzhou ^f   Mao, Qing ^e   Huang, Yanqiang ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a   Liu, Bin ^c  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^d CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^f NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbonitride; Carbothermal ammonia reduction; Electrocatalyst; Electrochemical; Hydrogen evolution reaction

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; CARBON NITRIDE; CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NICKEL; REDUCTION; TRANSITION METALS;

AMMONIA REDUCTION; EARLY TRANSITION METALS; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; ONE-POT PREPARATIONS; QUATERNARY COMPLEXES; STRUCTURE DIRECTING AGENTS;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 85018732638     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.04.050     Document Type: Article

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