Guidelines for the Rational Design of Ni-Based Double Hydroxide Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

ACS Catalysis

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 5380-5387

  Diaz Morales, Oscar ^a   Ledezma Yanez, Isis ^a   Koper, Marc T M ^a   Calle Vallejo, Federico ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cyclic voltammetry; density functional theory; electrocatalysis; nickel double hydroxides; oxygen evolution reaction; rotating disk electrode; transition metal doping; volcano plot

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; MANGANESE; NICKEL; OXYGEN; ROTATING DISKS; TRANSITION METALS;

DOUBLE HYDROXIDES; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES; TRANSITION METAL DOPING; VOLCANO PLOTS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84941045535     PISSN: 21555435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b01638     Document Type: Article

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