Electrochemical investigation of surface area effects on PVD Al-Ni as electrocatalyst for alkaline water electrolysis

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 142, Issue , 2014, Pages 324-335

  Kjartansdóttir, Cecilía ^a   Caspersen, Michael ^b   Egelund, Sune ^b   Møller, Per ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Al Ni thermo chemical diffusion; Alkaline water electrolysis; High surface area porous Ni; Hydrogen electrocatalyst; Oxygen electrocatalyst; Physical Vapour Deposition

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COATINGS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HARDENING; HYDROGEN; NICKEL; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALKALINE WATER ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL SURFACE AREA; HYDROGEN OVER POTENTIALS; PHYSICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; POROUS NI; THERMO-CHEMICAL; SURFACE AREA;

ELECTROCATALYSTS;

EID: 84906748434     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.07.061     Document Type: Article

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