Sunlight-driven water splitting to produce hydrogen fuel has stimulated intensive scientific
interest, as this technology has the potential to revolutionize fossil fuel-based energy …

The ubiquity of aqueous solutions in contact with charged surfaces and the realization that
the molecular-level details of water–surface interactions often determine interfacial functions …

Structures and processes at water/metal interfaces play an important technological role in
electrochemical energy conversion and storage, photoconversion, sensors, and corrosion …

Electrocatalytic reduction is a promising approach to remediate nitrate (NO3–), one of the
world's most widespread water pollutants. In the present work, we elucidate activity and …

The activation of O2 on metal surfaces is a critical process for heterogeneous catalysis and
materials oxidation. Fundamental studies of well-defined metal surfaces using a variety of …

Abstract Design and synthesis of active, stable and cost-effective materials for efficient
hydrogen production (hydrogen evolution reaction, HER) is of paramount importance for the …

Boosting the alkaline hydrogen evolution and oxidation reaction (HER/HOR) kinetics is vital
to practicing the renewable hydrogen cycle in alkaline media. Recently, intensive research …

The study of the OH adsorption process on Pt single crystals is of paramount importance
since this adsorbed species is considered the main intermediate in many electrochemical …

Understanding the atomistic details of how platinum surfaces are oxidized under
electrochemical conditions is of importance for many electrochemical devices such as fuel …

Experiments on model surfaces commonly help in identifying the structural sensitivity of
catalytic reactions. Nevertheless, their conclusions do not frequently lead to devising …