Abstract
Surface science research fixated on phenomena and processes that transpire at the electrode-electrolyte interface has been pursued in the past. A considerable proportion of the earlier work was on materials and reactions pertinent to the operation of small-molecule fuel cells. The experimental approach integrated a handful of surface-sensitive physical-analytical methods with traditional electrochemical techniques, all harbored in a single environment-controlled electrochemistry-surface science apparatus (EC-SSA); the catalyst samples were typically precious noble metals constituted of well-defined single-crystal surfaces. More recently, attention has been diverted from fuel-to-energy generation to its converse, (solar) energy-to-fuel transformation; e.g., instead of water synthesis (from hydrogen and oxygen) in fuel cells, water decomposition (to hydrogen and oxygen) in artificial photosynthesis. The rigorous surface-science protocols remain unchanged but the experimental capabilities have been expanded by the addition of several characterization techniques, either as EC-SSA components or as stand-alone instruments. The present manuscript describes results selected from on-going studies of earth-abundant electrocatalysts for the reactions that underpin artificial photosynthesis: nickel-molybdenum alloys for the hydrogen evolution reaction, calcium birnessite as a heterogeneous analogue for the oxygen-evolving complex in natural photosynthesis, and single-crystalline copper in relation to the carbon dioxide reduction reaction.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 285-294 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Surface Science |
| Volume | 631 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 1 2015 |
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Keywords
- Artificial photosynthesis
- Carbon dioxide reduction reaction
- Electrochemistry-surface science apparatus
- Electroctrochemical surface science
- Water-splitting reaction
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Surfaces and Interfaces
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films
- Materials Chemistry
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Electrochemical surface science twenty years later : Expeditions into the electrocatalysis of reactions at the core of artificial photosynthesis. / Soriaga, Manuel P.; Baricuatro, Jack H.; Cummins, Kyle D.; Kim, Youn Geun; Saadi, Fadl H.; Sun, Guofeng; McCrory, Charles C.L.; McKone, James R.; Velazquez, Jesus M.; Ferrer, Ivonne M.; Carim, Azhar I.; Javier, Alnald; Chmielowiec, Brian; Lacy, David C.; Gregoire, John M.; Sanabria-Chinchilla, Jean; Amashukeli, Xenia; Royea, William J.; Brunschwig, Bruce S.; Hemminger, John C.; Lewis, Nathan S; Stickney, John L.
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T1 - Electrochemical surface science twenty years later
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AU - Soriaga, Manuel P.
AU - Baricuatro, Jack H.
AU - Cummins, Kyle D.
AU - Kim, Youn Geun
AU - Saadi, Fadl H.
AU - Sun, Guofeng
AU - McCrory, Charles C.L.
AU - McKone, James R.
AU - Velazquez, Jesus M.
AU - Ferrer, Ivonne M.
AU - Carim, Azhar I.
AU - Javier, Alnald
AU - Chmielowiec, Brian
AU - Lacy, David C.
AU - Gregoire, John M.
AU - Sanabria-Chinchilla, Jean
AU - Amashukeli, Xenia
AU - Royea, William J.
AU - Brunschwig, Bruce S.
AU - Hemminger, John C.
AU - Lewis, Nathan S
AU - Stickney, John L.
PY - 2015/1/1
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KW - Electroctrochemical surface science
KW - Water-splitting reaction
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