Tuning the spin state in LaCoO3 thin films for enhanced high-temperature oxygen electrocatalysis

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2493-2499

  Hong, Wesley T ^a,b   Gadre, Milind ^b,c   Lee, Yueh Lin ^b   Biegalski, Michael D ^d   Christen, Hans M ^d   Morgan, Dane ^c   Shao Horn, Yang ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

LaCoO3; oxygen catalysis; perovskite; Raman spectroscopy; solid oxide fuel cells; spin state; strain; thin films

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CATHODE MATERIALS; LACOO3; OXYGEN CATALYSIS; OXYGEN ELECTROCATALYSIS; OXYGEN SEPARATION MEMBRANES; SPIN STATE; SPIN-TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS;

BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATHODES; ELECTROCATALYSIS; PEROVSKITE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); SPIN DYNAMICS; STRAIN; THIN FILMS;

OXYGEN;

EID: 84881292674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz401271m     Document Type: Article

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