Self-Supported Copper Oxide Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation at Low Overpotential and Confirmation of Its Robustness by Cu K-Edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 831-840

  Liu, Xiang ^a   Cui, Shengsheng ^a   Sun, Zijun ^a   Ren, Yang ^b   Zhang, Xiaoyi ^b   Du, Pingwu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; COPPER; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; SEMICONDUCTING BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; TIN OXIDES; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; HIGH ENERGY X-RAY DIFFRACTION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; WATER OXIDATION CATALYSTS; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE;

WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 84955498335     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09818     Document Type: Article

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