Amorphous NiFe-OH/NiFeP electrocatalyst fabricated at low temperature for water oxidation applications

ACS Energy Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1035-1042

  Liang, Hanfeng ^a   Gandi, Appala N ^a   Xia, Chuan ^a   Hedhili, Mohamed N ^a   Anjum, Dalaver H ^a   Schwingenschlögl, Udo ^a   Alshareef, Husam N ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; REACTION KINETICS;

ADSORPTION ENERGIES; DOUBLE HYDROXIDES; ELECTRONIC INTERACTIONS; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; LONG TERM DURABILITY; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; SLUGGISH KINETICS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85018862015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23808195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00206     Document Type: Article

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