Surface reconstruction of pure-Cu single-crystal electrodes under CO-reduction potentials in alkaline solutions: A study by seriatim ECSTM-DEMS

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 780, Issue , 2016, Pages 290-295

  Kim, Youn Geun ^a   Javier, Alnald ^a   Baricuatro, Jack H ^a   Torelli, Daniel ^a   Cummins, Kyle D ^a   Tsang, Chu F ^a   Hemminger, John C ^b   Soriaga, Manuel P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential electrochemical mass spectrometry; Quasi operando electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy; Seriatim ECSTM DEMS; Surface reconstruction of Cu electrodes under CO reduction potentials

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REDUCTION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION;

ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; CU ELECTRODE; CU(100) ELECTRODE; DIFFERENTIAL ELECTROCHEMICAL MASS SPECTROMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; OXIDATION REDUCTION CYCLES; SERIATIM ECSTM-DEMS; SINGLE CRYSTAL ELECTRODES;

COPPER;

EID: 85027922151     PISSN: 15726657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2016.09.029     Document Type: Article

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