Activity of Water Oxidation on Pure and (Fe, Ni, and Cu)-Substituted Co3O4

ACS Energy Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 858-862

  Bothra, Pallavi ^a   Pati, Swapan K ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPOUNDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; IRON COMPOUNDS; METAL IONS; METALS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

CATION DISTRIBUTIONS; COBALT OXIDES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COULOMB REPULSIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; OVERPOTENTIAL; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; WATER OXIDATION;

VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85020769774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23808195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00369     Document Type: Article

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