Nanostructured Molybdenum Oxides from Aluminium-Based Intermetallic Compound: Synthesis and Application in Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Free Corrosion
3.1.1. Single-Step Free Corrosion
3.1.2. Double-Step Free Corrosion
3.2. Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER)
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Raj, D.; Scaglione, F.; Fiore, G.; Celegato, F.; Rizzi, P. Nanostructured Molybdenum Oxides from Aluminium-Based Intermetallic Compound: Synthesis and Application in Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 1313. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11051313
Raj D, Scaglione F, Fiore G, Celegato F, Rizzi P. Nanostructured Molybdenum Oxides from Aluminium-Based Intermetallic Compound: Synthesis and Application in Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Nanomaterials. 2021; 11(5):1313. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11051313
Chicago/Turabian StyleRaj, Deepti, Federico Scaglione, Gianluca Fiore, Federica Celegato, and Paola Rizzi. 2021. "Nanostructured Molybdenum Oxides from Aluminium-Based Intermetallic Compound: Synthesis and Application in Hydrogen Evolution Reaction" Nanomaterials 11, no. 5: 1313. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11051313