An aqueous preoxidation method for monolithic perovskite electrocatalysts with enhanced water oxidation performance

Science Advances

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Li, Bo Quan ^a   Tang, Cheng ^a   Wang, Hao Fan ^a   Zhu, Xiao Lin ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTROCATALYSTS; NICKEL; PEROVSKITE; POTASH; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SCAFFOLDS; SLOPE STABILITY; SOLUTIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

CURRENT COLLECTOR; FENTON REACTIONS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; PEROVSKITE OXIDES; SEQUENTIAL ANNEALING; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

OXIDATION;

EID: 85041357100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600495     Document Type: Article

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