Iron-Doped Nickel Phosphate as Synergistic Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 5659-5666

  Li, Yibing ^a   Zhao, Chuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON EMISSION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; IRIDIUM; IRON; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RUTHENIUM; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WIND POWER; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; CATALYTIC ACTIVE SITES; ELECTROCHEMICAL POLARIZATION; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; MECHANISM INVESTIGATION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; PRECIOUS METAL CATALYSTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE;

NICKEL;

EID: 84983672092     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b01522     Document Type: Article

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