Electrochemical measurements of single H2 nanobubble nucleation and stability at Pt nanoelectrodes

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 3539-3544

  Chen, Qianjin ^a   Luo, Long ^a   Faraji, Hamaseh ^a   Feldberg, Stephen W ^b   White, Henry S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

nanobubble; nanoelectrodes; nucleation; supersaturation; surface tension

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; NUCLEATION; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PLATINUM; SUPERSATURATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

AMPHIPHILIC SURFACTANT MOLECULES; CLASSIC NUCLEATION THEORIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTIONS; NANO-BUBBLE; NANO-ELECTRODES; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

EID: 84908073543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz501898r     Document Type: Article

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