Substrate selection for fundamental studies of electrocatalysts and photoelectrodes: Inert potential windows in acidic, neutral, and basic electrolyte

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Benck, Jesse D ^a   Pinaud, Blaise A ^a   Gorlin, Yelena ^a   Jaramillo, Thomas F ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALUMINUM DOPED ZINC OXIDE; CARBON; ELECTROLYTE; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; GOLD; GRAPHITE; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; STAINLESS STEEL; STAINLESS STEEL 304; SULFURIC ACID; TIN OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE;

AREA NORMALIZED CIRCUIT RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTROCATALYST; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIVITY; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; INERT POTENTIAL WINDOW; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOELECTRODE; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODE; SUBSTRATE SELECTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 84909594874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107942     Document Type: Article

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