Electrochemical water oxidation of ultrathin cobalt oxide-based catalyst supported onto aligned ZnO nanorods

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 3226-3232

  Reddy, Nandanapalli Koteeswara ^a   Winkler, Stefanie ^a   Koch, Norbert ^a   Pinna, Nicola ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cobalt oxide; electrolysis of water; oxygen evolution reaction; water splitting; zinc oxide nanorods

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CATALYSTS; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ELECTROLYSIS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANORODS; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; ZINC OXIDE;

COBALT OXIDES; ELECTROLYSIS OF WATERS; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; WATER SPLITTING; ZINC OXIDE NANORODS;

TIN OXIDES;

EID: 84958156107     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b10858     Document Type: Article

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