Towards identifying platinum anchor sites on carbon via a model electrochemical system

The interaction between Pt and its carbon support was investigated by a model electrochemical system. This entailed aggressively oxidising a two-dimensional carbon substrate, i.e. highly orientated pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) and mirror finish graphite (MFG) quartz crystal, to incorporate oxygen termi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fortuin, Adrian Charles
Other Authors: Levecque, Pieter
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28347