Stability challenges of electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction: From mechanistic understanding to reactor design

Feng-Yang Chen; Zhen-Yu Wu; Zachary Adler; Haotian Wang

doi:10.1016/j.joule.2021.05.005

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Stability challenges of electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction: From mechanistic understanding to reactor design

Feng-Yang Chen

Zhen-Yu Wu

Zachary Adler Haotian Wang

Joule Vol. 5 No. 7 pp. 1704-1731 · Elsevier BV

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Published: Jul 01, 2021
Vol/Issue: 5(7)
Pages: 1704-1731
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Welch Foundation Award: C-2051-20200401

David and Lucile Packard Foundation Award: 2020-71371

Rice University

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Feng-Yang Chen, Zhen-Yu Wu, Zachary Adler, et al. (2021). Stability challenges of electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction: From mechanistic understanding to reactor design. Joule, 5(7), 1704-1731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2021.05.005

Stability challenges of electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction: From mechanistic understanding to reactor design

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