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Title: Towards identifying the active sites on RuO 2 (110) in catalyzing oxygen evolution

Journal Article · · Energy & Environmental Science
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ee02307c· OSTI ID:1419931
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  1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
  2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Research Lab. of Electronics
  3. Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark). Dept. of Energy Conversion and Storage
  4. Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark). Section for Surface Physics and Catalysis, Dept. of Physics
  5. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  6. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  7. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
  8. Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States). School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering
  9. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). X-ray Science Division
  10. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; Univ. di Milano-Bicocca (Italy). Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali
  11. Univ. of Copenhagen (Denmark). Dept. of Chemistry
  12. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Research Lab. of Electronics; Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering

Surface structural transitions and active sites are identified using X-ray scattering and density functional theory.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
9455; AC02-06CH11357; AC02-76SF00515; ACI-1548562
OSTI ID:
1419931
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1433005
Journal Information:
Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 10, Issue 12; ISSN 1754-5692
Publisher:
Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 196 works
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