Simultaneous synthesis of bimetallic@3D graphene electrocatalyst for HER and OER
Nabi ULLAH1,2, Meng XIE3, Shahid HUSSAIN1, Waleed YASEEN2, Sayyar Ali SHAH4, Bashir Adegbemiga YUSUF2, Chidinma Judith OLUIGBO2, Haroon Ur RASHEED2, Yuanguo XU2(), Jimin XIE2()
1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China 2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China 3. School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China 4. School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, China
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