Search Results - "Weitzner, Stephen E."
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Toward Engineering of Solution Microenvironments for the CO2 Reduction Reaction: Unraveling pH and Voltage Effects from a Combined Density-Functional–Continuum Theory
Published in The journal of physical chemistry letters (21-05-2020)“…Engineering the electrolyte microenvironment represents an attractive route to tuning the selectivity of electrocatalytic reactions beyond catalyst composition…”
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Predicted Fracture Tendency of Naturally Occurring Aluminum Surface Coatings under Tensile Loading
Published in ACS applied materials & interfaces (15-05-2024)“…Naturally occurring coatings on aluminum metal, such as its oxide or hydroxide, serve to protect the material from corrosion. Understanding the conditions…”
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Theoretical Investigation of the Adsorbate and Potential‐Induced Stability of Cu Facets During Electrochemical CO2 and CO Reduction
Published in Chemphyschem (17-05-2024)“…The activity and product selectivity of electrocatalysts for reactions like the carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) are intimately dependent on the…”
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Quantum–continuum simulation of underpotential deposition at electrified metal–solution interfaces
Published in npj computational materials (12-01-2017)“…The underpotential deposition of transition metal ions is a critical step in many electrosynthetic approaches. While underpotential deposition has been…”
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Model for Humidity-Mediated Diffusion on Aluminum Surfaces and Its Role in Accelerating Atmospheric Aluminum Corrosion
Published in ACS applied materials & interfaces (14-06-2023)“…Bare aluminum metal surfaces are highly reactive, which leads to the spontaneous formation of a protective oxide surface layer. Because many subsequent…”
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Beyond Thermodynamics: Assessing the Dynamical Softness of Hydrated Ions from First Principles
Published in The journal of physical chemistry letters (16-12-2021)“…Ion (de)hydration is a key rate-determining step in interfacial processes from corrosion to electrochemical energy storage. However, predicting the kinetics…”
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Cu Based Dilute Alloys for Tuning the C2+ Selectivity of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
Published in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (01-11-2024)“…Electrochemical CO2 reduction is a promising technology for replacing fossil fuel feedstocks in the chemical industry but further improvements in catalyst…”
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Cu Based Dilute Alloys for Tuning the C 2+ Selectivity of Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction
Published in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (12-07-2024)“…Electrochemical CO reduction is a promising technology for replacing fossil fuel feedstocks in the chemical industry but further improvements in catalyst…”
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Chemical Modifications of Ag Catalyst Surfaces with Imidazolium Ionomers Modulate H2 Evolution Rates during Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (15-09-2021)“…Bridging polymer design with catalyst surface science is a promising direction for tuning and optimizing electrochemical reactors that could impact long-term…”
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Chemical Modifications of Ag Catalyst Surfaces with Imidazolium Ionomers Modulate H 2 Evolution Rates during Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (15-09-2021)“…Bridging polymer design with catalyst surface science is a promising direction for tuning and optimizing electrochemical reactors that could impact long-term…”
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Toward Engineering of Solution Microenvironments for the CO 2 Reduction Reaction: Unraveling pH and Voltage Effects from a Combined Density-Functional-Continuum Theory
Published in The journal of physical chemistry letters (21-05-2020)“…Engineering the electrolyte microenvironment represents an attractive route to tuning the selectivity of electrocatalytic reactions beyond catalyst composition…”
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Electrolyte-Guided Design of Electroreductive CO Coupling on Copper Surfaces
Published in ACS applied energy materials (23-08-2021)“…Engineering the interfacial distribution of electrolytic ions can aid in modulating the electrocatalyst performance and efficiency. Using a hybrid…”
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Cu2O/CuS Nanocomposites Show Excellent Selectivity and Stability for Formate Generation via Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide
Published in ACS materials letters (04-01-2021)“…Formate is an important value-added chemical that can be produced via electrochemical CO2 reduction reactions (CO2RR). Cu2O-based catalysts have previously…”
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Surface Engineering of Copper Catalyst through CO Adsorbate
Published in Journal of physical chemistry. C (02-02-2023)“…The electrochemical reduction of CO2 with Cu-based catalysts depends intimately on the instantaneous local chemical environment of the catalyst–electrolyte…”
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Ab Initio Dynamics of Graphene and Graphyne Electrodes in Vacuum and in the Presence of Electrolytes
Published in Journal of physical chemistry. C (06-04-2023)“…Graphene and graphyne electrodes are both relevant for electrochemical energy storage applications due to their unique physical, chemical, and electronic…”
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Unraveling local structures of Salt-in-Water and Water-in-Salt electrolytes via ab initio molecular dynamics
Published in Journal of molecular liquids (01-08-2023)“…[Display omitted] •Cohesive energies of molecules decrease with concentration, weakening hydrogen bonds between water and anions.•Coordination of water with Li…”
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Theoretical Investigation of the Adsorbate and Potential‐Induced Stability of Cu Facets During Electrochemical CO 2 and CO Reduction
Published in Chemphyschem (17-05-2024)“…The activity and product selectivity of electrocatalysts for reactions like the carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO 2 RR) are intimately dependent on the…”
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A Hybrid Quantum–Classical Study of Ion Adsorption at the Copper Electrode
Published in Journal of physical chemistry. C (04-08-2022)“…We present a set of computational studies that surveys the molecular structure and thermodynamics of simple ions at the electrode–electrolyte interface. A…”
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Unraveling local structures of Salt-in-Water and Water-in-Salt electrolytes via ab initio molecular dynamics
Published in Journal of molecular liquids (13-05-2023)“…Water-in-salt electrolytes (WiSE) are attractive for electrochemical energy storage applications owing to their wide electrochemical stability windows and…”
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Cu Based Dilute Alloys for Tuning the C2+ Selectivity of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
Published in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (12-07-2024)“…Abstract Electrochemical CO 2 reduction is a promising technology for replacing fossil fuel feedstocks in the chemical industry but further improvements in…”
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