Oxygen Evolution Reaction on La1-xSrxCoO3 Perovskites: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study of Their Structural, Electronic, and Electrochemical Properties

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 7662-7672

  Cheng, Xi ^a   Fabbri, Emiliana ^a   Nachtegaal, Maarten ^a   Castelli, Ivano E ^b   El Kazzi, Mario ^a   Haumont, Raphael ^c   Marzari, Nicola ^b   Schmidt, Thomas J ^a,d  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPOUNDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; OXYGEN; PEROVSKITE; POSITIVE IONS;

BULK ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; EX SITU; OXIDATION STATE; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; SR SUBSTITUTIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84948139253     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03138     Document Type: Article

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