The Role of Anions in Metal Chalcogenide Oxygen Evolution Catalysis: Electrodeposited Thin Films of Nickel Sulfide as "pre-catalysts"

ACS Energy Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 195-201

  Mabayoje, Oluwaniyi ^a   Shoola, Ahmed ^a   Wygant, Bryan R ^a   Mullins, C Buddie ^a,b  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHALCOGENIDES; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; NEGATIVE IONS; NICKEL SULFATES; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; AMORPHOUS NICKEL; ELECTRO-DEPOSITED NICKEL; HIGH SURFACE AREA; METAL CHALCOGENIDE; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL SPLITTING;

NICKEL OXIDE;

EID: 85002661268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23808195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00084     Document Type: Article

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