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SUBMITTER: Li N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5321006 | biostudies-other | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Li Nancy N Bediako D Kwabena DK Hadt Ryan G RG Hayes Dugan D Kempa Thomas J TJ von Cube Felix F Bell David C DC Chen Lin X LX Nocera Daniel G DG
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20170130 7
Iron doping of nickel oxide films results in enhanced activity for promoting the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Whereas this enhanced activity has been ascribed to a unique iron site within the nickel oxide matrix, we show here that Fe doping influences the Ni valency. The percent of Fe<sup>3+</sup> doping promotes the formation of formal Ni<sup>4+</sup>, which in turn directly correlates with an enhanced activity of the catalyst in promoting OER. The role of Fe<sup>3+</sup> is consistent with ...[more]