Widening of the electroactivity potential range by composite formation – capacitive properties of TiO₂/BiVO₄/PEDOT:PSS electrodes in contact with an aqueous electrolyte

• Konrad Trzciński,
• Mariusz Szkoda,
• Andrzej P. Nowak,
• Marcin Łapiński and
• Anna Lisowska-Oleksiak

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 483–493, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.49

• anions originating from the electrolyte during electrooxidation/electroreduction cycles [35]. Moreover, the overpotential of EDOT oxidation is lower in NaPSS aqueous electrolyte (in comparison with, e.g., NaCl) [36]. Electrodepositon was performed using 400, short (0.2 s) potentiostatic pulses (E = 1 V

Impact of the anodization time on the photocatalytic activity of TiO₂ nanotubes

• Jesús A. Díaz-Real,
• Geyla C. Dubed-Bandomo,
• Juan Galindo-de-la-Rosa,
• Luis G. Arriaga,
• Janet Ledesma-García and
• Nicolas Alonso-Vante

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2628–2643, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.244

• electrooxidation process for the degradation of such components. Chlorides are often present in these waste waters [81][82][83][84], and for that reason a dissolution of 0.5 M KCl was chosen as the electrolyte. The electrolyte was not purged with N2 or O2 prior to or during the experiment. Figure 9a depicts the

Electrochemical behavior of polypyrrol/AuNP composites deposited by different electrochemical methods: sensing properties towards catechol

• Celia García-Hernández,
• Cristina García-Cabezón,
• Cristina Medina-Plaza,
• Fernando Martín-Pedrosa,
• Yolanda Blanco,
• José Antonio de Saja and
• María Luz Rodríguez-Méndez

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2052–2061, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.209

• the electrooxidation of the pyrrole monomer in the presence of colloidal gold nanoparticles, referred to as trapping method (T), and the second one by electrodeposition of both components from one solution containing the monomer and a gold salt, referred to as cogeneration method (C). In both cases

• electrochemical conditions during film generation [17]. The electrodeposition of the composite can be achieved using different strategies [18], mainly through the electrooxidation of the monomer in the presence of colloidal gold nanoparticles and the corresponding doping agent [19] but also by electrodeposition

Electrocatalysis on the nm scale

• R. Jürgen Behm

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1008–1009, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.103

• theoretical description of important electrocatalytic reactions, such as hydrogen evolution/water splitting [4][5] or electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis [6]. Additionally, mechanistic studies of electrocatalytic reactions, such as O2 reduction [7], CO oxidation [8] or the electrooxidation of small organic

Liquid fuel cells

• Grigorii L. Soloveichik

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1399–1418, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.153

• improve electrode kinetics. Hydrazine, for example, was mixed with formic acid and methanol for that purpose [26]. In early works on liquid fuel cells several attempts to use hydrocarbons such as diesel and jet fuel were made. However, electrooxidation of hydrocarbons in low- and intermediate-temperature

• “methanol economy” [27] as an alternative to the “hydrogen economy” based on hydrogen gas [1]. Alcohols with higher molecular weights, which contain C–C bonds, have an even higher energy density (Table 1) but their electrooxidation in fuel cells is not complete due to difficulty of activation of the C–C

• significant amount of hydrogen such as ammonia, hydrazine, alkali metal borohydrides MBH4 (M = Na, K) are also used as fuels. Theoretically, boron-nitrogen heterocycles proposed for hydrogen storage [33][34] can be used for this purpose. In most cases the electrooxidation of fuels in fuel cells results in the

Adsorption and oxidation of formaldehyde on a polycrystalline Pt film electrode: An in situ IR spectroscopy search for adsorbed reaction intermediates

• Zenonas Jusys and
• R. Jürgen Behm

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 747–759, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.87

• Zenonas Jusys R. Jurgen Behm Institute of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, D-89081 Ulm, Germany 10.3762/bjnano.5.87 Abstract As part of a mechanistic study of the electrooxidation of C1 molecules we have systematically investigated the dissociative

• dissociative adsorption and oxidation of formaldehyde are discussed. Keywords: electrocatalysis; formaldehyde adsorption; formyl intermediate; in situ spectro-electrochemistry; Pt; Introduction The electrooxidation of organic C1 molecules, in particular of methanol, has been one of the most important topics

• direct pathway, where the reaction leads directly to CO2. The latter pathway allows the reaction to proceed already at potentials where COad electrooxidation is still kinetically inhibited. In addition to complete oxidation to CO2, partial oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde and formic acid [9][10][11

Shape-selected nanocrystals for in situ spectro-electrochemistry studies on structurally well defined surfaces under controlled electrolyte transport: A combined in situ ATR-FTIR/online DEMS investigation of CO electrooxidation on Pt

• Sylvain Brimaud,
• Zenonas Jusys and
• R. Jürgen Behm

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 735–746, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.86

• electrooxidation of a saturated CO adlayer. The absolute COad coverage (θCO , with θCO = 1 for 1 COad per Pt surface atom) resulting from the formation of a CO adlayer at 0.10 V can now be estimated from the ratio between the charge related to COad electro-oxidation and double the charge related to H adsorption

3D-nanoarchitectured Pd/Ni catalysts prepared by atomic layer deposition for the electrooxidation of formic acid

• Loïc Assaud,
• Evans Monyoncho,
• Kristina Pitzschel,
• Anis Allagui,
• Matthieu Petit,
• Margrit Hanbücken,
• Elena A. Baranova and
• Lionel Santinacci

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 162–172, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.16

• regard to the electrooxidation of formic acid in an acidic medium (0.5 M H2SO4). Both deposition processes, Ni and Pd, with various mass content ratios have been continuously monitored by using a quartz crystal microbalance. The morphology of the Pd/Ni systems has been studied by electron microscopy and

• chemistry analysis by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy showed both metallic and oxide contributions for the Ni and Pd deposits. Cyclic voltammetry of the Pd/Ni nanocatalysts revealed that the electrooxidation of HCOOH proceeds through the direct dehydrogenation mechanism with the formation of active

• ); direct formic acid fuel cells; electrooxidation; nanostructured catalysts; Pd/Ni; Introduction Over the last decade, the miniaturization of fuel cells for the fast expanding market of portable devices has become a challenging research topic. Direct formic acid fuel cell (DFAFC) systems as

In situ monitoring magnetism and resistance of nanophase platinum upon electrochemical oxidation

• Eva-Maria Steyskal,
• Stefan Topolovec,
• Stephan Landgraf,
• Heinz Krenn and
• Roland Würschum

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 394–399, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.46

• regime of electrooxidation. Fully reversible variations of the electrical resistance and the magnetic moment of 6% and 1% were observed upon the formation or dissolution of a subatomic chemisorbed oxygen surface layer, respectively. The increase of the resistance, which is directly correlated to the

• moment upon electrooxidation show similar trends but differ in detail, since the former is due to charge-carrier scattering processes at the metal–electrolyte interfaces, whereas the latter seems to be governed by the electric field at the nanocrystallite–electrolyte interface. Consistent results for the

Parallel- and serial-contact electrochemical metallization of monolayer nanopatterns: A versatile synthetic tool en route to bottom-up assembly of electric nanocircuits

• Jonathan Berson,
• Assaf Zeira,
• Rivka Maoz and
• Jacob Sagiv

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 134–143, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.14

• ][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]. To this end, a monolayer-patterning methodology, referred to as constructive lithography (CL), has been advanced, which allows nondestructive local electrooxidation of the top –CH3 groups of a self-assembled OTS/Si monolayer (highly ordered monolayer assembled on

• electrooxidation of the target monolayer (CEP step), the target is biased positively (anode) with respect to the patterning electrode, whereas for metal transfer (CET step), the polarity of the applied bias voltage is reversed so that the stamp or the SFM probe now acts as the anode and the target monolayer as the