Research between the University of Liverpool and University of Alicante Spain, has identified the surface species at low potentials on the leading fuel cell catalyst, platinum (Pt), which is significant to the development of hydrogen fuel cells technology, informs the British university in this press release.
In a paper published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers from the University of Liverpool’s Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy (SIRE) investigated the adsorption of OH species (hydroxyl anion) on low coordinated Pt atoms using a highly sensitive spectroscopic technique known as SHINERS (Shell Isolated Nanoparticles for Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy). Using the SHINERS methods, they demonstrated OH is adsorbed at more negative potentials than previously thought.
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