Reversible amorphization and the catalytically active state of crystalline Co3O4 during oxygen evolution

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Bergmann, Arno ^a   Martinez Moreno, Elias ^b   Teschner, Detre ^c   Chernev, Petko ^b   Gliech, Manuel ^a   De Araújo, Jorge Ferreira ^a   Reier, Tobias ^a   Dau, Holger ^b   Strasser, Peter ^a,d  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^d Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ELECTRODE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OXIDE; OXYGEN; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84943791261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9625     Document Type: Article

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