The effects of pretreatment of polycrystalline gold with OH* radicals on the electrochemical nucleation and growth of platinum

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1663-1673

  Sievers, Gustav ^a   Hasse, Ulrich ^a   Scholz, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active center; Electrochemistry Nucleation and growth; Gold; Hydroxyl radical; Nucleation sites; Platinum

Indexed keywords

3-D INSTANTANEOUS; ACTIVE CENTER; ACTIVE SITE; AFTER-TREATMENT; APPLIED POTENTIALS; AU SURFACES; ELECTROCHEMICAL NUCLEATION; ELECTRODE SURFACES; GOLD SURFACES; HYDROXYL RADICALS; IN-SITU; MECHANICAL POLISHING; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; NUCLEATION GROWTH; NUCLEATION SITES; POLYCRYSTALLINE GOLD; PRE-TREATMENT; PT DEPOSITION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRODES; GOLD; NUCLEATION;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84862686588     PISSN: 14328488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10008-011-1579-1     Document Type: Article

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