Impurities contributing to catalysis: Enhanced electro-oxidation of formic acid at Pt/GC electrodes in the presence of vinyl acetate

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 39, 2014, Pages 22457-22464

  El Deab, Mohamed S ^a,b   Mohammad, Ahmad M ^a,b   El Nagar, Gumaa A ^a   El Anadouli, Bahgat E ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b The British University in Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROOXIDATION; FORMIC ACID; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCATALYSTS; OXIDATION; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHLORIDE IONS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; FORMIC ACID ELECTROOXIDATION; OXIDATION PEAK; PT NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE COVERAGES; VINYL ACETATES; XPS MEASUREMENTS;

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EID: 84907757421     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp507240r     Document Type: Article

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