Structure and transformation of oxy-hydroxide films on Ni anodes below and above the oxygen evolution potential in alkaline electrolytes

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 168, Issue , 2015, Pages 356-364

  Mellsop, Sophia R ^a   Gardiner, Alister ^b   Johannessen, Bernt ^c   Marshall, Aaron T ^a  

^a MACDIARMID INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^c AUSTRALIAN SYNCHROTRON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrocatalysis; Nickel Nickel hydroxide; Nickel oxide; Oxygen evolution reaction

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; NICKEL OXIDE; OXYGEN;

AGEING BEHAVIOUR; ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; ANODIC BEHAVIOURS; HYDROXIDE LAYERS; NICKEL ELECTRODE; NICKEL HYDROXIDES; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION;

NICKEL;

EID: 84927610591     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.04.020     Document Type: Article

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