A new anode material for oxygen evolution in molten oxide electrolysis

Nature

Volumn 497, Issue 7449, 2013, Pages 353-356

  Allanore, Antoine ^a   Yin, Lan ^a,b   Sadoway, Donald R ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; CHROMIUM; OXIDE; TITANIUM;

ALLOY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAVY METAL; METALLURGY; OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROLYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; MOLTEN OXIDE ELECTROLYSIS; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; CHROMIUM; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; GRAPHITE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; IRON; METALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN; STEEL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84878106252     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12134     Document Type: Article

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