Spontaneous water oxidation at hematite (α-Fe2O3) crystal faces

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1550-1559

  Chatman, S ^a   Zarzycki, P ^b   Rosso, K M ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

oxygen evolution reaction; photoelectrochemical cell; protonation; single crystal; water splitting; Fe2O3

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; OXYGEN; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PROTONATION; PROTONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ELECTRON TRANSFER; ENERGY-BAND DIAGRAM; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; POLYCRYSTALLINE; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; SLUGGISH KINETICS; WATER SPLITTING;

HEMATITE;

EID: 84921710286     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5067783     Document Type: Article

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