Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Understanding electrochemical switchability of perovskite-type exsolution catalysts

  • Alexander K. Opitz,
  • Andreas Nenning,
  • Vedran Vonk,
  • Sergey Volkov,
  • Florian Bertram,
  • Harald Summerer,
  • Sabine Schwarz,
  • Andreas Steiger-Thirsfeld,
  • Johannes Bernardi,
  • Andreas Stierle,
  • Jürgen Fleig

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18563-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Exsolution, nanoparticle precipitation from oxide materials during reduction, offers a promising approach to heterogeneous catalysis. Here, authors examine the switching behavior between high and low activity and correlate the electro-catalytic activity to exsolved phases from complex oxides.