In Situ Electrochemical Production of Ultrathin Nickel Nanosheets for Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysis

Chem

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 122-133

  Hu, Chengyi ^a   Ma, Qiuyu ^a   Hung, Sung Fu ^b   Chen, Zhe Ning ^a   Ou, Daohui ^a   Ren, Bin ^a   Chen, Hao Ming ^b   Fu, Gang ^a   Zheng, Nanfeng ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

2D material; coordination polymer; electrocatalysis; electrolysis; hydrogen evolution reaction; hydrogen production; metal thiolate complex; nanosheet; nickel; nickel hydroxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023176823     PISSN: 24519308     EISSN: 24519294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2017.05.011     Document Type: Article

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