Reactivity of Perovskites with Water: Role of Hydroxylation in Wetting and Implications for Oxygen Electrocatalysis

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 32, 2015, Pages 18504-18512

  Stoerzinger, Kelsey A ^a   Hong, Wesley T ^a   Azimi, Gisele ^b,f   Giordano, Livia ^b,c   Lee, Yueh Lin ^b   Crumlin, Ethan J ^d   Biegalski, Michael D ^e   Bluhm, Hendrik ^d   Varanasi, Kripa K ^b   Shao Horn, Yang ^a,b  

^a Department of Materials Science and Engineering ^*  (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; HYDROXYLATION; OXYGEN; PEROVSKITE; WETTING;

ADSORPTION ENERGIES; AMBIENT-PRESSURE X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES; DISSOCIATED WATERS; ELECTRON DONORS; OXYGEN ELECTROCATALYSIS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PEROVSKITE OXIDES; RELATIVE HUMIDITY TREND;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84939160701     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06621     Document Type: Article

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