Structure, redox chemistry, and interfacial alloy formation in monolayer and multilayer Cu/Au(111) model catalysts for CO2 electroreduction

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 7954-7961

  Friebel, Daniel ^a   Mbuga, Felix ^a   Rajasekaran, Srivats ^a   Miller, Daniel J ^a   Ogasawara, Hirohito ^b   Alonso Mori, Roberto ^b   Sokaras, Dimosthenis ^b   Nordlund, Dennis ^b   Weng, Tsu Chien ^b   Nilsson, Anders ^a,b  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GOLD DEPOSITS; MULTILAYERS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; ALLOY FORMATION; APPLIED POTENTIALS; CATALYST DESIGNS; ELECTRO REDUCTION; OXIDE FORMATION; SEGREGATION PHENOMENA; SUBSTRATE LATTICE;

MONOLAYERS;

EID: 84899033273     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412000j     Document Type: Article

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