Efficient and Stable Evolution of Oxygen Using Pulse-Electrodeposited Ir/Ni Oxide Catalyst in Fe-Spiked KOH Electrolyte

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 25, 2016, Pages 15985-15990

  Gong, Luo ^a   Ren, Dan ^a   Deng, Yilin ^a   Yeo, Boon Siang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

electrocatalysis; mixed metal oxides; oxygen evolution reaction; pulse electrodeposition; stability

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CORROSION; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; OXYGEN;

CATALYTIC SYSTEM; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXYGEN; EVOLUTION OF OXYGEN; FIGURES OF MERITS; MIXED METAL OXIDE; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; PULSE ELECTRODEPOSITION; STATE OF THE ART;

IRIDIUM;

EID: 84976540884     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b01888     Document Type: Review

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