Spectroscopic Observation of Reversible Surface Reconstruction of Copper Electrodes under CO2 Reduction

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 121, Issue 22, 2017, Pages 12337-12344

  Gunathunge, Charuni M ^a   Li, Xiang ^a   Li, Jingyi ^a   Hicks, Robert P ^a   Ovalle, Vincent J ^a   Waegele, Matthias M ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COPPER; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ATTENUATED TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION; BAND CHARACTERISTICS; COPPER NANOPARTICLES; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTIONS; IRREVERSIBLE CHANGES; NANOSCALE SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 85021082345     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b03910     Document Type: Article

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