Rapid characterization of oxygen-evolving electrocatalyst spot arrays by the substrate generation/tip collection mode of scanning electrochemical microscopy with decreased O2 diffusion layer overlap

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2941-2947

  Minguzzi, Alessandro ^a,e   Battistel, Dario ^b   Rodríguez López, Joaquin ^c   Vertova, Alberto ^a,e,f   Rondinini, Sandra ^a,e,f   Bard, Allen J ^d   Daniele, Salvatore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e Istituto Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali   (Italy)

^f CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTROCATALYSTS; IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; MIXTURES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY;

ACTIVE SUBSTRATES; DIFFUSION LAYERS; DIFFUSION PROFILES; DIGITAL SIMULATION; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; OXIDE COMPOSITIONS; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION (OER); SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY;

ANALYTIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84923166394     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp510651f     Document Type: Article

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