Oxygen Evolution at Hematite Surfaces: The Impact of Structure and Oxygen Vacancies on Lowering the Overpotential

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 32, 2016, Pages 18201-18208

  Zhang, Xueqing ^a   Klaver, Peter ^a   Van Santen, Rutger ^b   Van De Sanden, M C M ^a,b   Bieberle Hütter, Anja ^a  

^a DUTCH INSTITUTE FOR FUNDAMENTAL ENERGY RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HEMATITE; METALS; OXYGEN; VACANCIES;

ACTIVE SURFACE SITES; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; METAL OXIDE SURFACES; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; OXYGEN VACANCY CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURE SENSITIVITY; SURFACE ORIENTATION;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 84983486744     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b07228     Document Type: Article

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