Direct Observation of Active Nickel Oxide Cluster in Nickel-Borate Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation by in Situ O K-Edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 33, 2015, Pages 19279-19286

  Yoshida, Masaaki ^a,b   Mitsutomi, Yosuke ^a   Mineo, Takehiro ^a   Nagasaka, Masanari ^c   Yuzawa, Hayato ^c   Kosugi, Nobuhiro ^c   Kondoh, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; NICKEL; NICKEL OXIDE; SOLUTIONS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION PEAKS; ACTIVE SPECIES; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRODE POTENTIALS; NICKEL BORATES; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; WATER OXIDATION;

WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 84939808399     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06102     Document Type: Article

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