Understanding activity trends in electrochemical water oxidation to form hydrogen peroxide

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Shi, Xinjian ^a   Siahrostami, Samira ^a   Li, Guo Ling ^b,c   Zhang, Yirui ^a,d   Chakthranont, Pongkarn ^a   Studt, Felix ^b,e,f   Jaramillo, Thomas F ^a   Zheng, Xiaolin ^a   Nørskov, Jens K ^a,b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; TIN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TUNGSTEN; WATER;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDATION; OXIDE GROUP;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OXIDATION; PH; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85030031416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00585-6     Document Type: Article

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