Novel molybdenum carbide-tungsten carbide composite nanowires and their electrochemical activation for effi cient and stable hydrogen evolution

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1520-1526

  Xiao, Peng ^a   Ge, Xiaoming ^b   Wang, Haibo ^a   Liu, Zhaolin ^b   Fisher, A ^c   Wang, Xin ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; NANOWIRES;

CARBIDE COMPOSITES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVATION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; MOLYBDENUM CARBIDE; NANOWIRE STRUCTURES; NON-NOBLE METAL CATALYSTS; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; SURFACE HYDROPHILICITY;

TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

EID: 85027950755     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201403633     Document Type: Article

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