Characterization of NiFe oxyhydroxide electrocatalysts by integrated electronic structure calculations and spectroelectrochemistry

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

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 3050-3055

  Goldsmith, Zachary K ^a   Harshan, Aparna K ^a   Gerken, James B ^b   Vörös, Márton ^c,d   Galli, Giulia ^c,d   Stahl, Shannon S ^b   Hammes Schiffer, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Electrocatalysis; NiFe oxyhydroxide; Oxygen evolution reaction; Spectroelectrochemistry

Indexed keywords

FERRIC HYDROXIDE; NICKEL COMPLEX; NICKEL IRON OXYHYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ELECTROCATALYST; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85016088714     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1702081114     Document Type: Article

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