Oxygen evolution activity and stability of iridium in acidic media. Part 1. - Metallic iridium

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 773, Issue , 2016, Pages 69-78

  Cherevko, Serhiy ^a,b   Geiger, Simon ^a   Kasian, Olga ^a,c   Mingers, Andrea ^a   Mayrhofer, Karl J J ^a,b,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UKRAINIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Degradation; Iridium dissolution; Oxidation; Oxygen evolution

Indexed keywords

ANODIC OXIDATION; CORROSION; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRODES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; IRIDIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; OXYGEN; PRECIOUS METALS; REDUCTION; SPECTROMETRY;

DISSOLUTION PROCESS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRIES (ICPMS); METALLIC ELECTRODES; OXIDATION AND REDUCTION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION ACTIVITY; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; SPECTROMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

OXIDATION;

EID: 84968884296     PISSN: 15726657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2016.04.033     Document Type: Article

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