Electrochemical Water Oxidation at Iron(III) Oxide Electrodes Contro
Sandra Haschke presents a strategy to enhance the Fe2O3 electrode performance by controlled nanostructuring of the catalyst surface, based on anodized aluminum oxide coated by means of atomic layer deposition. Furthermore, she investigates the influence o
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Sandra Haschke
Electrochemical Water Oxidation at Iron(III) Oxide Electrodes Controlled Nanostructuring as Key for Enhanced Water Oxidation Efficiency Foreword by Prof. Dr. Julien Bachmann
Sandra Haschke Erlangen, Germany
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Foreword Saving the planet has become a popular topic among chemistry students and faculty alike. Individual steps of the water splitting reaction have been extensively studied at the interfaces of carbon-based nanostructures, notorious for corroding fast, and of noble metal particles, the cost of which is redhibitory for large-scale applications. In this context, Sandra Haschke's materials choice appears all the more consequent and bold: her Master's thesis is dedicated to iron(III) oxide, 'rust', as a platform for electrochemical water oxidation, the kinetic bottleneck of the overall water splitting. Indeed, iron(III) oxide provides the advantages of wide availability and low cost, as well as thermodynamic stability, two aspects of crucial practical importance. The impediments associated with iron(III) oxide, however, are of fundamental nature: low e
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