Operando Near Ambient Pressure XPS (NAP-XPS) Study of the Pt Electrochemical Oxidation in H2O and H2O/O2 Ambients

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 29, 2016, Pages 15930-15940

  Saveleva, Viktoriia A ^a   Papaefthimiou, Vasiliki ^a   Daletou, Maria K ^b   Doh, Won H ^a,d   Ulhaq Bouillet, Corinne ^c   Diebold, Morgane ^a,e   Zafeiratos, Spyridon ^a   Savinova, Elena R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d INSTITUT CHARLES SADRON   (France)

^e Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODIC OXIDATION; DEPTH PROFILING; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTROOXIDATION; FREE RADICALS; OXIDATION; PLATINUM; PLATINUM METALS;

AMBIENT PRESSURE XPS; AMBIENT-PRESSURE X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; QUANTITATIVE SIMULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL GROWTH;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84979921891     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b12410     Document Type: Article

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