Search Results - "Lopes, Pietro P."
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Design of active and stable Co–Mo–Sx chalcogels as pH-universal catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction
Published in Nature materials (01-02-2016)“…Three of the fundamental catalytic limitations that have plagued the electrochemical production of hydrogen for decades still remain: low efficiency, short…”
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Relationships between Atomic Level Surface Structure and Stability/Activity of Platinum Surface Atoms in Aqueous Environments
Published in ACS catalysis (01-04-2016)“…The development of alternative energy systems for the clean production, storage, and conversion of energy is strongly dependent on our ability to understand,…”
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Dynamically Stable Active Sites from Surface Evolution of Perovskite Materials during the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (24-02-2021)“…Perovskite oxides are an important class of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts in alkaline media, despite the elusive nature of their active sites…”
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High-Performance Rh2P Electrocatalyst for Efficient Water Splitting
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (19-04-2017)“…The search for active, stable, and cost-efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen production via water splitting could make a substantial impact on energy…”
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Eliminating dissolution of platinum-based electrocatalysts at the atomic scale
Published in Nature materials (01-11-2020)“…A remaining challenge for the deployment of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells is the limited durability of platinum (Pt) nanoscale materials that operate at…”
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Dynamic stability of active sites in hydr(oxy)oxides for the oxygen evolution reaction
Published in Nature energy (01-03-2020)“…The poor activity and stability of electrode materials for the oxygen evolution reaction are the main bottlenecks in the water-splitting reaction for H 2…”
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Dynamics of electrochemical Pt dissolution at atomic and molecular levels
Published in Journal of electroanalytical chemistry (Lausanne, Switzerland) (15-06-2018)“…Understanding and controlling electrochemical interfaces at atomic and molecular levels have transformed electrochemistry into a science with clearly defined…”
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Exploring the Interface of Skin‐Layered Titanium Fibers for Electrochemical Water Splitting
Published in Advanced energy materials (01-02-2021)“…Water electrolysis is the key to a decarbonized energy system, as it enables the conversion and storage of renewably generated intermittent electricity in the…”
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Double layer effects in electrocatalysis: The oxygen reduction reaction and ethanol oxidation reaction on Au(111), Pt(111) and Ir(111) in alkaline media containing Na and Li cations
Published in Catalysis today (15-03-2016)“…[Display omitted] •Oxygen reduction and ethanol oxidation was studied on Au, Pt and Ir(111) electrodes.•Oxophilicity trends and non-covalent interactions are…”
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Past, present, and future of lead–acid batteries
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (21-08-2020)“…Improvements could increase energy density and enable power-grid storage applications When Gaston Planté invented the lead–acid battery more than 160 years…”
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Energy and fuels from electrochemical interfaces
Published in Nature materials (01-01-2017)“…Advances in electrocatalysis at interfaces are vital for driving technological innovations related to energy. New materials developments for efficient hydrogen…”
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A percolation theory for designing corrosion-resistant alloys
Published in Nature materials (01-06-2021)“…Iron–chromium and nickel–chromium binary alloys containing sufficient quantities of chromium serve as the prototypical corrosion-resistant metals owing to the…”
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Electrokinetic Analysis of Poorly Conductive Electrocatalytic Materials
Published in ACS catalysis (01-05-2020)“…While many factors can influence the activity of the electrochemical interface at atomic and molecular levels, the electron and ion transport have a big impact…”
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Employing the Dynamics of the Electrochemical Interface in Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Battery Cathodes
Published in Advanced functional materials (01-08-2021)“…Intrinsically stable materials are desirable for constructing energy storage devices, which aim to demonstrate durability under the harsh electrochemical…”
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Active electrochemical interfaces stabilized through self-organized potential oscillations
Published in Electrochemistry communications (01-12-2020)“…•Autonomous oscillatory electro-oxidation of CH3OH and HCOOH results in higher efficiency.•There is no Pt dissolution, while the oscillatory dynamics…”
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The role of an interface in stabilizing reaction intermediates for hydrogen evolution in aprotic electrolytes
Published in Chemical science (Cambridge) (21-04-2020)“…By combining idealized experiments with realistic quantum mechanical simulations of an interface, we investigate electro-reduction reactions of HF, water and…”
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Electrocatalytic transformation of HF impurity to H2 and LiF in lithium-ion batteries
Published in Nature catalysis (09-04-2018)“…The formation of solid electrolyte interphase on graphite anodes plays a key role in the efficiency of Li-ion batteries. However, to date, fundamental…”
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Water as a Promoter and Catalyst for Dioxygen Electrochemistry in Aqueous and Organic Media
Published in ACS catalysis (06-11-2015)“…Water and oxygen electrochemistry lies at the heart of interfacial processes controlling energy transformations in fuel cells, electrolyzers, and batteries…”
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Potential oscillations in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell with a Pd–Pt/C anode
Published in Journal of power sources (2011)“…We report in this paper the occurrence of potential oscillations in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) with a Pd–Pt/C anode, fed with H 2/100 ppm CO,…”
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Surface spectators and their role in relationships between activity and selectivity of the oxygen reduction reaction in acid environments
Published in Electrochemistry communications (01-11-2015)“…We use the rotating ring disk (RRDE) method to study activity–selectivity relationships for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on Pt(111) modified by various…”
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