Stabilizing Silicon Photocathodes by Solution-Deposited Ni-Fe Layered Double Hydroxide for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution in Alkaline Media

ACS Energy Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1939-1946

  Zhao, Jiheng ^a   Cai, Lili ^b   Li, Hong ^a,b   Shi, Xinjian ^a   Zheng, Xiaolin ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; BINARY ALLOYS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROLYTES; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; HYDROGEN; IRON ALLOYS; IRON COMPOUNDS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; PRECIOUS METALS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITED; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES; METAL-BASED CATALYSTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING;

SILICON;

EID: 85033660308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23808195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00597     Document Type: Article

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