Programme

The Faraday Discussion 140 programme follows. For the programme that was delivered at the event including timings, please download the pdf from this page.

Introductory Lecture

Marc Koper
Leiden University, The Netherlands

Session 1: Structure in Electrocatalysis: from single crystals to nanoparticles

Session Chair: Elena Savinova, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France

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 Nørskov 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 Nørskov
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