Hierarchical NiCo2S4@NiFe LDH Heterostructures Supported on Nickel Foam for Enhanced Overall-Water-Splitting Activity

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 18, 2017, Pages 15364-15372

  Liu, Jia ^a   Wang, Jinsong ^a   Zhang, Bao ^a   Ruan, Yunjun ^a   Lv, Lin ^a   Ji, Xiao ^a   Xu, Kui ^a   Miao, Ling ^a   Jiang, Jianjun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

density functional theory; heterostructures; hydrogen evolution reaction; overall water splitting; oxygen evolution reaction

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMISORPTION; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FREE ENERGY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOSHEETS; NICKEL; YARN;

BIFUNCTIONAL ELECTROCATALYSTS; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HETEROSTRUCTURE INTERFACES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; INTERFACIAL ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; WATER SPLITTING;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 85019187265     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b00019     Document Type: Article

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