Revised Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity Trends for First-Row Transition-Metal (Oxy)hydroxides in Alkaline Media

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 3737-3742

  Burke, Michaela S ^a   Zou, Shihui ^a,b   Enman, Lisa J ^a   Kellon, Jaclyn E ^a   Gabor, Christian A ^a   Pledger, Erica ^a   Boettcher, Shannon W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; IMPURITIES; IRON OXIDES; MANGANESE OXIDE; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS;

ALKALINE MEDIA; CATALYST DESIGNS; CATALYST SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIRST ROW TRANSITION METALS; IMPURITY LEVEL; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; POTENTIAL-DEPENDENT;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84982719995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01650     Document Type: Article

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