In situ electrochemical oxidation tuning of transition metal disulfides to oxides for enhanced water oxidation

ACS Central Science

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 244-251

  Chen, Wei ^a   Wang, Haotian ^b   Li, Yuzhang ^a   Liu, Yayuan ^a   Sun, Jie ^a   Lee, Sanghan ^a   Lee, Jang Soo ^a   Cui, Yi ^a,c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; IRON OXIDES; NICKEL OXIDE; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SLOPE STABILITY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS;

CARBON FIBER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL TUNING; GRAIN-SIZE REDUCTION; IMPROVED ACTIVITIES; LONG TERM STABILITY; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; QUATERNARY TRANSITIONS; WATER SPLITTING SYSTEM;

TUNING;

EID: 84982763900     PISSN: 23747943     EISSN: 23747951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.5b00227     Document Type: Article

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