Performance enhancement for electrolytic systems through the application of a cobalt-based heterogeneous water oxidation catalyst

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1234-1240

  Bloomfield, Aaron J ^a   Sheehan, Stafford W ^a   Collom, Samuel L ^a   Anastas, Paul T ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobalt oxide; Copper anode; Electrocatalyst; Electrolysis; Energy storage; Green chemistry; Heterogeneous catalyst; Water oxidation; Water splitting; Zinc electrowinning; Zinc air fuel cell

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ANODES; COBALT; COPPER; CORROSION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; CURRENT DENSITY; DEPOSITION; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; ENERGY STORAGE; FUEL STORAGE; NICKEL; OXIDATION; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; STAINLESS STEEL; ZINC; ZINC DEPOSITS;

COBALT OXIDES; COPPER ANODE; GREEN CHEMISTRY; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; WATER OXIDATION; WATER SPLITTING; ZINC ELECTROWINNING;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84930659722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00229     Document Type: Article

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