Insights into electrocatalysis by scanning tunnelling microscopy

X Wang, YQ Wang, YC Feng, D Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the mechanism of electrocatalytic reaction is important for the design and
development of highly efficient electrocatalysts for energy technology. Investigating the …

Metal-organic framework-derived carbon nanotubes with multi-active Fe-N/Fe sites as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for zinc-air battery

C Yang, S Shang, Q Gu, J Shang, X Li - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainable metal-air batteries demand high-efficiency, environmentally-friendly, and non-
precious metal-based electrocatalysts with bifunctionality for both the oxygen reduction …

Probing the Synergistic Effects of Mg2+ on CO2 Reduction Reaction on CoPc by In Situ Electrochemical Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

YQ Wang, XH Dan, X Wang, ZY Yi, JJ Fu… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report herein the in situ electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy (ECSTM) study
on the synergistic effect of Mg2+ in CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) catalyzed by cobalt …

Single-Molecule Study on the Catalytic Role of Co–O2 Binding in ORR by In Situ ECSTM

YQ Wang, XH Dan, ZY Yi, X Wang… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report here the in situ electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy (ECSTM) study of
O2 adsorption and reduction on cobalt porphyrin (CoOEP) and phthalocyanine (CoPc) …

Small molecule binding to surface-supported single-site transition-metal reaction centres

M DeJong, AJA Price, E Mårsell, G Tom… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite dominating industrial processes, heterogeneous catalysts remain challenging to
characterize and control. This is largely attributable to the diversity of potentially active sites …

Pd Porphyrin Cofacial Dimer Formed via CO2 Binding: An in Situ Electrochemistry Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study

YQ Wang, X Wang, YC Feng, HJ Yan… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The self-assembled Pd (II) meso-tetra (4-carboxyphenyl) porphine (PdTCPP) adlayer was
molecularly resolved on a Au (111) surface under electrochemical control. In a CO2 …

Assessing the dynamics of O2 desorption from cobalt phthalocyanine by in situ electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy

YQ Wang, Y Feng, X Wang, D Wang - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
We report here the in situ electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy (ECSTM) study of
cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc)-catalyzed O 2 evolution reaction (OER) and the dynamics of …

Near-Field Nanospectroscopy and Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS)

A Krayev, JF Schultz, N Jiang, S Goswami… - Nanoscopy and …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter covers state-of-the-art development and results in tip-enhanced Raman
spectroscopy (TERS) as a significant configuration of near-field nanospectroscopy. The …

Probing coverage-dependent adsorption configuration and on-surface dimerization by single-molecule tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

H Li, ZX Tang, JX Zhang, XB Zhang, YF Zhang… - Applied Physics A, 2023 - Springer
The photocatalytic dimerization reaction of p-nitrothiophenol (PNTP) to p, p'-
dimercaptoazobenzene (DMAB) is a popular model system for plasmon-enhanced Raman …