Search Results - "Stephens, L E"
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Probing the Active Surface Sites for CO Reduction on Oxide-Derived Copper Electrocatalysts
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (12-08-2015)“…CO electroreduction activity on oxide-derived Cu (OD-Cu) was found to correlate with metastable surface features that bind CO strongly. OD-Cu electrodes…”
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Trends in the Electrochemical Synthesis of H2O2: Enhancing Activity and Selectivity by Electrocatalytic Site Engineering
Published in Nano letters (12-03-2014)“…The direct electrochemical synthesis of hydrogen peroxide is a promising alternative to currently used batch synthesis methods. Its industrial viability is…”
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Spectroelectrochemical study of water oxidation on nickel and iron oxyhydroxide electrocatalysts
Published in Nature communications (15-11-2019)“…Ni/Fe oxyhydroxides are the best performing Earth-abundant electrocatalysts for water oxidation. However, the origin of their remarkable performance is not…”
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Enabling direct H2O2 production through rational electrocatalyst design
Published in Nature materials (01-12-2013)“…Future generations require more efficient and localized processes for energy conversion and chemical synthesis. The continuous on-site production of hydrogen…”
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Spectroelectrochemical Analysis of the Water Oxidation Mechanism on Doped Nickel Oxides
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (04-05-2022)“…Metal oxides and oxyhydroxides exhibit state-of-the-art activity for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER); however, their reaction mechanism, particularly the…”
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Alloys of platinum and early transition metals as oxygen reduction electrocatalysts
Published in Nature chemistry (01-10-2009)“…The widespread use of low-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells for mobile applications will require significant reductions in the amount of…”
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The Effect of Size on the Oxygen Electroreduction Activity of Mass-Selected Platinum Nanoparticles
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (07-05-2012)“…A matter of size: The particle size effect on the activity of the oxygen reduction reaction of size‐selected platinum clusters was studied. The ORR activity…”
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Pt5Gd as a Highly Active and Stable Catalyst for Oxygen Electroreduction
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (10-10-2012)“…The activity and stability of Pt5Gd for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) have been studied, using a combination of electrochemical measurements,…”
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Tuning the Activity of Pt(111) for Oxygen Electroreduction by Subsurface Alloying
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (13-04-2011)“…To enable the development of low temperature fuel cells, significant improvements are required to the efficiency of the Pt electrocatalysts at the cathode,…”
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Resolving optimal ionomer interaction in fuel cell electrodes via operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Published in Nature communications (30-10-2024)“…To bridge the gap between oxygen reduction electrocatalysts development and their implementation in real proton exchange membrane fuel cell electrodes, an…”
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Is lithium the key for nitrogen electroreduction?
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (11-06-2021)“…Why lithium appears critical for electrochemical ammonia synthesis remains elusive The Haber-Bosch process converts nitrogen (N 2 ) and hydrogen (H 2 ) into…”
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Progress and Perspectives in Photo‐ and Electrochemical‐Oxidation of Biomass for Sustainable Chemicals and Hydrogen Production
Published in Advanced energy materials (01-11-2021)“…Biomass is recognized as an ideal CO2 neutral, abundant, and renewable resource substitute to fossil fuels. The rich proton content in most biomass derived…”
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Toward the Decentralized Electrochemical Production of H2O2: A Focus on the Catalysis
Published in ACS catalysis (04-05-2018)“…H2O2 is a valuable, environmentally friendly oxidizing agent with a wide range of uses from the provision of clean water to the synthesis of valuable…”
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Design of an Active Site towards Optimal Electrocatalysis: Overlayers, Surface Alloys and Near-Surface Alloys of Cu/Pt(111)
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (19-11-2012)“…I could never be without Cu: An active site has been designed for the catalysis of CO electroxidation. This was achieved by incorporating submonolayer amounts…”
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Tuning the activity of Pt alloy electrocatalysts by means of the lanthanide contraction
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (01-04-2016)“…The high platinum loadings required to compensate for the slow kinetics of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) impede the widespread uptake of low-temperature…”
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Toward an Active and Stable Catalyst for Oxygen Evolution in Acidic Media: Ti-Stabilized MnO2
Published in Advanced energy materials (18-11-2015)“…Catalysts are required for the oxygen evolution reaction, which are abundant, active, and stable in acid. MnO2 is a promising candidate material for this…”
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Progress and Perspectives of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction on Copper in Aqueous Electrolyte
Published in Chemical reviews (26-06-2019)“…To date, copper is the only heterogeneous catalyst that has shown a propensity to produce valuable hydrocarbons and alcohols, such as ethylene and ethanol,…”
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Publisher Correction: Spectroelectrochemical study of water oxidation on nickel and iron oxyhydroxide electrocatalysts
Published in Nature communications (16-01-2020)“…An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper…”
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Minimizing the Use of Platinum in Hydrogen-Evolving Electrodes
Published in Angewandte Chemie (International ed.) (11-02-2011)“…One layer is enough: A new catalyst comprising a platinum monolayer on tungsten monocarbide (WC) could lead to inexpensive and efficient (photo)electrochemical…”
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Elucidation of the Oxygen Reduction Volcano in Alkaline Media using a Copper–Platinum(111) Alloy
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (05-03-2018)“…The relationship between the binding of the reaction intermediates and oxygen reduction activity in alkaline media was experimentally explored. By introducing…”
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