Role of water and adsorbed hydroxyls on ethanol electrochemistry on Pd: New mechanism, active centers, and energetics for direct ethanol fuel cell running in alkaline medium

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5762-5772

  Sheng, Tian ^a   Lin, Wen Feng ^a   Hardacre, Christopher ^a   Hu, P ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; ALKALINE MEDIUM; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYERS; ELECTRO-CATALYTIC OXIDATION; ETHANOL OXIDATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; WATER DISSOCIATION;

DIRECT ETHANOL FUEL CELLS (DEFC); DISSOCIATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ETHANOL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REACTION KINETICS;

PALLADIUM;

EID: 84897877981     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp407978h     Document Type: Article

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