Manipulating Ru oxidation within electrospun carbon nanofibers to boost hydrogen and oxygen evolution for electrochemical overall water splitting
Mengxiao Zhong, Yan Su, Jiaqi Xu, Ce Wang, Xiaofeng Lu
Abstract
1D bifunctional RuO 2 /Ru-CNFs-350 catalyst is fabricated to show high activity and remarkable durability toward both OER and HER due to the formation of a RuO 2 /Ru heterostructure and the carbon substrate.
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