Programme
The Faraday Discussion 140 programme follows.
A provisional programme with timings is available to download from this page.
Introductory Lecture
Marc Koper
Leiden University, The Netherlands
Session 1: Structure in Electrocatalysis: from single crystals to nanoparticles

The role of anions in surface electrochemistry
D V Tripkovic, D Strmcnik, D van der Vliet, V Stamenkovic and N Markovic*
Argonne National Laboratory, USA
From ultra high vacuum to the electrochemical interface: x-ray scattering studies of model electrocatalysts
Christopher A Lucas*, Michael Cormack, Mark E Gallagher, Alexander Brownrigg, Paul Thompson, Ben Fowler, Yvonne Gründer, Jerome Roy, Vojislav Stamenkovic and Nenad M Markovic
University of Liverpool, UK
Surface dynamics at well-defined single crystal microfacetted Pt(111) electrodes: in situ optical studies
Iosif Fromondi and Daniel Scherson*
Case Western Reserve University, USA
Bridging the gap between nanoparticles and single crystal surfaces
Payam Kaghazchi, Felice C Simeone, Khaled A Soliman, Ludwig A Kibler and Timo Jacob*
Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany
Nanoparticle catalysts with high energy surfaces and enhanced activity synthesized by electrochemical method
Na Tian, Zhi-You Zhou, Zhi-Zhong Huang, De-Jun Chen and Shi-Gang Sun*
Xiamen University, China
Session 2: Structural effects in electrocatalysis and fuel cells
Session Chair: Carol Korzeniewski, Texas Tech University, USA
Differential reactivity of Cu(111) and Cu(100) during nitrate reduction in acid electrolyte
Sang-Eun Bae and Andrew A Gewirth*
University of Illinois, USA
Molecular structure at electrode/electrolyte solution interfaces related to electrocatalysis
Kohei Uosaki*, Hidneori Noguchi and Tsubasa Okada
Hokkaido University, Japan
A comparative in situ electrochemical-NMR investigation of PtRu nanoparticles supported on diverse carbon nonomaterials
Fatang Tan, Bingchen Du, Aaron L Danberry, In-Su Park, Yung-Eun Sung and YuYe Tong*
Georgetown University, USA
Spectroelectrochemical flow cell with temperature control for investigation of electrocatalytic systems with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
Bin Ren*, Xiao-Bing Lian, Jian-Feng Li, Ping-Ping Fang, Qun-Ping Lai and Zhong-Qun Tian
Xiamen University, China
Mesoscopic mass transport effects in electrocatalytic processes
Y E Seidel, A Schneider, Z Jusys, B Wickmann, B Kasemo, and
R J Behm*
Ulm University, Germany
Session 3: Hydrogen reactions and novel electrocatalysts
Session Chair: Elisabet Ahlberg, Göteborg University, Sweden
On the catalysis of the hydrogen oxidation
E Santos, Kay Pötting and Wolfgang Schmickler*
Ulm University, Germany
Hydrogen evolution on nano-particulate transition metal sulfides
Jacob Bonde, Poul G Moses, Thomas F Jaramillo, Jens K Nřrskov and Ib Chorkendorff*
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Influence of water on elementary reaction steps in electrocatalysis
Yoshihiro Gohda*, Sebastian Schnur and Axel Gross
Ulm University, Germany
Co-adsorption of Cu and Keggin type polytungstates on polycrystalline Pt: interplay of atomic and molecular UPD
Galina Tsirlina*, Elena Timofeeva, Nobuko Tanimura, Nataliya Sherstyuk, Marina Borzenko, Seiichiro Nakabayashi and Oleg Petrii
MV Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Aqueous-based synthesis of ruthenium-selenium catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction
Cyril Delacote, Arman Bonakdarpour, Christina M Johnston, Piotr Zelanay and Andrzej Wieckowski*
University of Illinois, USA
Size and composition distribution dynamics of alloy nanoparticle electrocatalysts probed by Anomalous Small Angle X-ray Scattering (ASAXS)
Chengfei Yu, Shirlaine Koh, Jennifer Leisch, Michael F Toney and Peter Strasser*
University of Houston, USA
Session 4: Biological electrocatalysis and alcohols as fuels
Session Chair: Anthony Kucernak, Imperial College London, UK
Efficient electrocatalytic oxygen reduction by the 'blue' copper oxidase, laccase, directly attached to chemically modified carbons
Christopher F Blanford, Carina E Foster, Rachel S Heath and Fraser A Armstrong*
University of Oxford
Steady state oxygen reduction reaction and cyclic voltammetry
Jan Rossmeisl*, Gustav S Karlberg, Thomas Jaramillo and Jens K Nřrskov
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Intrinsic kinetic equation for oxygen reduction reaction in acidic media: the double Tafel slope and fuel cell applications
Jia X Wang*, Francisco A Uribe, Thomas E Springer, Junliang Zhang and Radoslav R Adzic
Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA
A first principles comparison of the mechanism and site requirements for the electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol and formic acid over Pt
Matthew Neurock*, Michael Janik and Andrej Wieckowski
University of Virginia, USA
Surface structure effects on the electrochemical oxidation of ethanol on platinum single crystal electrodes
Flavio Colmati, Germano Tremiliosi-Filho, Ernesto R Gonzalez, Antonio Berna, Enrique Herrero* and Juan M Feliu
Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Electro-oxidation of ethanol and acetaldehyde on platinum single-crystal electrodes
Stanley C S.Lai* and Marc T M Koper
Leiden University, The Netherlands
Concluding Remarks
David Schiffrin
University of Liverpool, UK
*Denotes presenting author to whom affiliation applies
