Study of ethanol electrooxidation in alkaline electrolytes with isotope labels and sum-frequency generation

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2236-2240

  Kutz, Robert B ^a   Braunschweig, Björn ^a   Mukherjee, Prabuddha ^a   Dlott, Dana D ^a   Wieckowski, Andrzej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Interfaces; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC MEDIA; ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; ALKALINE MEDIA; ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; C-C BONDS; CARBON SPECIES; CATALYST SURFACES; CO FORMATION; CO MOLECULE; ELECTRODE POTENTIALS; ETHANOL ELECTRO-OXIDATION; HIGH POTENTIAL; ISOTOPICALLY LABELED; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POTENTIAL-DEPENDENT; PRE-OXIDIZED; PT CATALYSTS; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; SUM-FREQUENCY GENERATION;

CATALYSTS; ELECTROOXIDATION; ETHANOL; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION; PLATINUM;

REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

EID: 80052349136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz200957e     Document Type: Article

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