Amorphization activated ruthenium-tellurium nanorods for efficient water splitting

Juan Wang; Lili Han; Bolong Huang; Qi Shao; Huolin L. Xin; Xiaoqing Huang

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13519-1

Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

Amorphization activated ruthenium-tellurium nanorods for efficient water splitting

Juan Wang,
Lili Han,
Bolong Huang,
Qi Shao,
Huolin L. Xin,
Xiaoqing Huang

Affiliations

Juan Wang: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University
Lili Han: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California
Bolong Huang: Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom
Qi Shao: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University
Huolin L. Xin: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California
Xiaoqing Huang: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13519-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Elctrochemical water splitting is of vital significance for energy conversion and storage. Here the authors show an electrocatalyst based on amorphous ruthenium-tellurium porous nanorods which exhibit significantly improved OER performance than its crystalline counterparts

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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