Increasing oxygen vacancies in CeO<sub>2</sub> nanocrystals by Ni doping and reduced graphene oxide decoration towards electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution
Yang Xu, Xiaodong Hao, Xishuo Zhang, Tong Wang, Zhuangzhuang Hu, Yujiao Chen, Xinyi Feng, Wen Liu, Fangyuan Hao, Xingang Kong, Chaozheng He, Shufang Ma, Bingshe Xu
Abstract
A good-performance and low-cost electrocatalyst Ni–rGO/CeO 2 has been achieved due to the increased oxygen vacancies and active sites brought about by the synergistic effect of rGO decoration and Ni doping.
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ElectrocatalystGrapheneOxideNanocrystalDopingMaterials scienceOxygenOxygen evolutionHydrogenChemical engineeringCatalysisOxygen reductionNanotechnologyInorganic chemistryChemistryMetallurgyElectrochemistryElectrodeOptoelectronicsPhysical chemistryBiochemistryEngineeringOrganic chemistryElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques