Insights into Electrochemical Reactions from Ambient Pressure Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2976-2983

  Stoerzinger, Kelsey A ^a   Hong, Wesley T ^a   Crumlin, Ethan J ^b   Bluhm, Hendrik ^c   Shao Horn, Yang ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84947276233     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00275     Document Type: Article

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