Spatially resolved electrochemistry in ionic liquids: Surface structure effects on triiodide reduction at platinum electrodes

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1915-1919

  Aaronson, Barak D B ^a   Lai, Stanley C S ^a,b   Unwin, Patrick R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84894660369     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la500271f     Document Type: Article

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