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  • Nano-size layered manganese-calcium oxide as an efficient and biomimetic catalyst for water oxidation under acidic conditions: comparable to platinum.

Nano-size layered manganese-calcium oxide as an efficient and biomimetic catalyst for water oxidation under acidic conditions: comparable to platinum.

Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2013-02-12)
Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour, Kevin C Leonard, Fu-Ren F Fan, Mahmoud Amouzadeh Tabrizi, Allen J Bard, Cecil K King'ondu, Steven L Suib, Behzad Haghighi, Suleyman I Allakhverdiev
ABSTRACT

Inspired by Nature's catalyst, a nano-size layered manganese-calcium oxide showed a low overvoltage for water oxidation in acidic solutions, which is comparable to platinum.

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