The effect of pH on the electrocatalytic oxidation of formic acid/formate on platinum: A mechanistic study by surface-enhanced infrared spectroscopy coupled with cyclic voltammetry

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-136

  Joo, Jiyong ^a   Uchida, Taro ^a   Cuesta, Angel ^b   Koper, Marc T M ^a,c   Osawa, Masatoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrocatalysis; Formic acid; infrared spectroscopy; Oxidation; Platinum

Indexed keywords

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIA; CYCLIC VOLTAMMOGRAMS; ELECTRO-CATALYTIC OXIDATION; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; PROTON-COUPLED ELECTRON TRANSFER REACTIONS; SURFACE OXIDATIONS; SURFACE-ENHANCED INFRARED ABSORPTIONS; SURFACE-ENHANCED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; FORMIC ACID; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KINETIC PARAMETERS; KINETIC THEORY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PLATINUM; VOLCANOES;

OXIDATION;

EID: 84897894793     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.02.040     Document Type: Article

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