Switching on electrocatalytic activity in solid oxide cells

Nature

Volumn 537, Issue 7621, 2016, Pages 528-531

  Myung, Jae Ha ^a   Neagu, Dragos ^a   Miller, David N ^a   Irvine, John T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NITROGEN; PEROVSKITE; WATER;

CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYTE; FUEL CELL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; OXIDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLID;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELLS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYSIS; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID OXIDE CELL; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 84984597131     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature19090     Document Type: Article

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