Influence of iron doping on tetravalent nickel content in catalytic oxygen evolving films

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1486-1491

  Li, Nancy ^a   Bediako, D Kwabena ^a   Hadt, Ryan G ^b   Hayes, Dugan ^b   Kempa, Thomas J ^a   Von Cube, Felix ^c   Bell, David C ^c   Chen, Lin X ^b,d   Nocera, Daniel G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Electrocatalysis; Oxygen evolution reaction; Renewable energy; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; IRON; LEWIS ACID; NICKEL; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRON; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; FILM; IRON DOPING; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXYGEN ENHANCEMENT RATIO; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 85013127209     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620787114     Document Type: Article

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