Cation-Coordinated Inner-Sphere CO2 Electroreduction at Au–Water Interfaces

X Qin, T Vegge, HA Hansen - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is a promising technology for the clean
energy economy. Numerous efforts have been devoted to enhancing the mechanistic …

Recent Advances on the Role of Interfacial Liquids in Electrochemical Reactions

R Baidoun, G Liu, D Kim - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The interfacial liquid, situated in proximity to an electrode or catalyst, plays a vital role in
determining the activity and selectivity of crucial electrochemical reactions, including …

Structure-Dependent Electrical Double-Layer Capacitances of the Basal Plane Pd(hkl) Electrodes in HClO4

E Gubanova, TO Schmidt, S Watzele… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrical double-layer capacitance (C DL) measurements are among the key experiments
in physical electrochemistry aimed to understand the properties of electrified solid/liquid …

Boosting Oxygen Reduction at Pt (111)| Proton Exchange Ionomer Interfaces through Tuning the Microenvironment Water Activity

Y Xu, L Zhang, W Chen, H Cui, J Cai… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A proton exchange ionomer is one of the most important components in membrane
electrode assemblies (MEAs) of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). It acts …

[HTML][HTML] Solvent effects determine the sign of the charges of maximum entropy and capacitance at silver electrodes

R Sundararaman, K Schwarz - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Fully harnessing electrochemical interfaces for reactions requires a detailed understanding
of solvent effects in the electrochemical double layer. Predicting the significant impact of …

Atomic-scale understanding of alkali metal cation effects on electro-catalytic reactions

D Park, Y Jung - Chem Catalysis, 2024 - cell.com
Alkali metal cations are commonly selected as components of the electrolyte and could
greatly affect the reaction dynamics at the electrode-electrolyte interface in many different …

Cation effects in hydrogen evolution and CO2-to-CO conversion: A critical perspective

YS Hsu, ST Rathnayake, MM Waegele - The Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The rates of many electrocatalytic reactions can be strongly affected by the structure and
dynamics of the electrochemical double layer, which in turn can be tuned by the …

Unlocking the power of ions toward enhanced electrocatalysis

R Wang, X Cao, M Gong - Science China Chemistry, 2024 - Springer
Electrocatalysis plays a vital role in advancing energy conversion and storage technologies.
In addition to the prominent strategies of advanced electrocatalysts, the exploration of the …

The Electrocatalytic Activity of Au Electrodes Changes Significantly in Various Na+/K+ Supporting Electrolyte Mixtures

TK Sarpey, AV Himmelreich, KT Song… - Small …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The potential of maximum entropy (PME) is an indicator of extreme disorder at the
electrode/electrolyte interface and can predict changes in catalytic activity within electrolytes …

Entropic contributions to the stability of electrochemically adsorbed anion layers on Au (111): a microcalorimetric study

M Schönig, R Schuster - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We measure the entropy of formation of the interface upon anion adsorption (Cl−, Br− I− and
SO42−) on Au (111) as an important indicator for the structure, order and composition of the …