Functional links between stability and reactivity of strontium ruthenate single crystals during oxygen evolution

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chang, Seo Hyoung ^a   Danilovic, Nemanja ^a   Chang, Kee Chul ^a   Subbaraman, Ram ^a   Paulikas, Arvydas P ^a   Fong, Dillon D ^a   Highland, Matthew J ^a   Baldo, Peter M ^a   Stamenkovic, Vojislav R ^a   Freeland, John W ^b   Eastman, Jeffrey A ^a   Markovic, Nenad M ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM RUTHENATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYST; CATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; OXIDE; OXYGEN; RUTHENIUM; STRONTIUM;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OXYGEN EVOLUTION;

EID: 84902777394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5191     Document Type: Article

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