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Structural Effects on the Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Pt Single-Crystal Electrodes Modified with Melamine

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Structural effects on the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on Pt single-crystal electrodes modified with melamine have been investigated. The activity of ORR on Pt(111) modified with melamine was threefold that on bare Pt(111). The ORR activity of Pt(331) = 3(111)-(111), which was the highest among the Pt single-crystal electrodes studied, was increased twofold after the modification with melamine. The ORR activities of other high-index planes (n(111)-(111) series) were also increased after electrode modification with melamine.

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    Naoya Wada, Masashi Nakamura & Nagahiro Hoshi

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Wada, N., Nakamura, M. & Hoshi, N. Structural Effects on the Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Pt Single-Crystal Electrodes Modified with Melamine. Electrocatalysis 11, 275–281 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12678-020-00584-0

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