Exclusive Hydrogen Generation by Electrocatalysts Coated with an Amorphous Chromium-Based Layer Achieving Efficient Overall Water Splitting

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 8079-8088

  Qureshi, Muhammad ^a   Shinagawa, Tatsuya ^a,b   Tsiapis, Nikolaos ^a   Takanabe, Kazuhiro ^a  

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

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Electrocatalysis; Ferricyanide; Iodate; Membrane; Peroxide; Persulfate; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; MEMBRANES; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PLATINUM; REDOX REACTIONS;

CATHODIC REACTIONS; FERRICYANIDE; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; IODATE; PERSULFATE; REDOX ACTIVE MOLECULES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 85028912439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b01704     Document Type: Article

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