Ni-Based Composites from Chitosan Biopolymer a One-Step Synthesis for Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
3. Materials and Methods
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Catalysts | C | N | P | Ni | Mo | BET (m2/g) | ID/IG |
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Ni/MoxC/rGOCS | 45 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 6.3 | 17 | 132 | 1.09 |
Ni/MoxC/MeCS | 40 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 8.0 | 22 | 17 | 0.94 |
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Aghabarari, B.; Luque-Centeno, J.M.; Capel-Sánchez, M.; Lázaro Elorri, M.J.; Martínez-Huerta, M.V. Ni-Based Composites from Chitosan Biopolymer a One-Step Synthesis for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Catalysts 2019, 9, 471. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9050471
Aghabarari B, Luque-Centeno JM, Capel-Sánchez M, Lázaro Elorri MJ, Martínez-Huerta MV. Ni-Based Composites from Chitosan Biopolymer a One-Step Synthesis for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Catalysts. 2019; 9(5):471. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9050471
Chicago/Turabian StyleAghabarari, Behzad, José Manuel Luque-Centeno, Maricarmen Capel-Sánchez, Maria Jesús Lázaro Elorri, and Maria Victoria Martínez-Huerta. 2019. "Ni-Based Composites from Chitosan Biopolymer a One-Step Synthesis for Oxygen Evolution Reaction" Catalysts 9, no. 5: 471. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9050471