Ambient-Pressure XPS Study of a Ni-Fe Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 2247-2253

  Ali Löytty, Harri ^a,b   Louie, Mary W ^c,d,f   Singh, Meenesh R ^c,d   Li, Lin ^a   Sanchez Casalongue, Hernan G ^a,f   Ogasawara, Hirohito ^e   Crumlin, Ethan J ^d   Liu, Zhi ^d   Bell, Alexis T ^c,d   Nilsson, Anders ^a   Friebel, Daniel ^a  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^f EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; GOLD; NICKEL; OXIDATION; PHASE INTERFACES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; THIN FILMS;

AMBIENT-PRESSURE X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION REDUCTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL POTENTIAL; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE; SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION TECHNIQUES;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84957588014     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b10931     Document Type: Article

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