Oxygen Evolution Catalyzed by Nickel-Iron Oxide Nanocrystals with a Nonequilibrium Phase

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 19755-19763

  Bau, Jeremy A ^a   Luber, Erik J ^a   Buriak, Jillian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

electrolysis; iron oxide; nanocrystals; nickel oxide; nonequilibrium; oxygen evolution; water oxidation

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; IRON; IRRADIATION; LIGANDS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL; NICKEL OXIDE; OXYGEN; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TIN OXIDES;

ELECTROCHEMICAL SURFACE AREA; INDIUM TIN OXIDE ELECTRODES; KINETIC ANALYSIS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NON-EQUILIBRIUM PHASE; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; WATER OXIDATION;

IRON OXIDES;

EID: 84941254944     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b05594     Document Type: Article

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