Seawater usable for production and consumption of hydrogen peroxide as a solar fuel

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Mase, Kentaro ^a   Yoneda, Masaki ^a   Yamada, Yusuke ^b   Fukuzumi, Shunichi ^a,c,d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COBALT COMPLEX; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SEA WATER;

CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUEL CELL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SEAWATER; SOLAR POWER;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; SOLAR ENERGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84965134629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11470     Document Type: Article

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