Role of strain and conductivity in oxygen electrocatalysis on LaCoO3 thin films

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 487-492

  Stoerzinger, Kelsey A ^a   Seok Choi, Woo ^b,c   Jeen, Hyoungjeen ^b,d   Lee, Ho Nyung ^b   Shao Horn, Yang ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; ALKALINITY; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY CONVERSION; FUEL STORAGE; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PEROVSKITE; TRANSITION METAL OXIDES; TRANSITION METALS;

ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGES; OXYGEN ELECTROCATALYSIS; OXYGEN REDUCTION AND EVOLUTION REACTIONS; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; REACTION MECHANISM;

TENSILE STRAIN;

EID: 84922551524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz502692a     Document Type: Article

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