In situ Raman spectroscopic evidence for oxygen reduction reaction intermediates at platinum single-crystal surfaces

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Published: Dec 03, 2018
Vol/Issue: 4(1)
Pages: 60-67
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Authors

Valentín Briega-Martos

X

Xi Jin

Department of Organic Chemistry and ‡Department of Foreign Languages, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China

Christopher T. Williams

Engineering Sciences Center; Sandia National Laboratories; Department of Mechanical Engineering; Stanford University

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Jin-Chao Dong, Xia-Guang Zhang, Valentín Briega-Martos, et al. (2018). In situ Raman spectroscopic evidence for oxygen reduction reaction intermediates at platinum single-crystal surfaces. Nature Energy, 4(1), 60-67. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0292-z

In situ Raman spectroscopic evidence for oxygen reduction reaction intermediates at platinum single-crystal surfaces

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