Integrated Energy Aerogel of N,S-rGO/WSe2/NiFe-LDH for Both Energy Conversion and Storage

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 38, 2017, Pages 32756-32766

  Xu, Xiaowei ^a   Chu, Hang ^a   Zhang, Zhuqing ^a   Dong, Pei ^b   Baines, Robert ^b   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^b   Shen, Jianfeng ^a   Ye, Mingxin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

3D structure; hybrid aerogel; N,S rGO WSe2 NiFe LDH; overall water splitting; supercapacitors

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; CURRENT DENSITY; D REGION; ELECTRODES; HYBRID MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SUPERCAPACITOR;

3D STRUCTURE; ELECTROSTATIC SELF ASSEMBLY; ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGES; HYBRID AEROGELS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; LARGE SPECIFIC SURFACE AREAS; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; WATER SPLITTING;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 85030151308     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b09866     Document Type: Article

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