The activation of O2 on metal surfaces is a critical process for heterogeneous catalysis and
materials oxidation. Fundamental studies of well-defined metal surfaces using a variety of …

In recent years, the field of catalysis has experienced an astonishing transformation, driven
in part by more demanding environmental standards and critical societal and industrial …

Ruthenium is a chemical element that can easily adopt various formal oxidation states from−
II to+ VIII in chemical bonds,(1, 2) thus giving rise to many compounds with interesting and …

Exciting new opportunities are emerging in the field of catalysis based on nanotechnology
approaches. A new understanding and mastery of catalysis could have broad societal …

Platinum dissolution and restructuring due to surface oxidation are primary degradation
mechanisms that limit the lifetime of platinum-based electrocatalysts for electrochemical …

The degradation of Pt‐containing oxygen reduction catalysts for fuel cell applications is
strongly linked to the electrochemical surface oxidation and reduction of Pt. Here, we study …

Suppressing the Pt dissolution still remains a big challenge in improving the long‐term
stability of Pt‐based catalysts in electrochemical energy conversion. In this work, the …

Despite its importance in oxidation catalysis, the active phase of Pt remains uncertain, even
for the Pt (111) single-crystal surface. Here, using a ReactorSTM, the catalytically relevant …

The surface chemistry of late transition metal oxides is scientifically interesting and can play
a central role in commercial applications of heterogeneous catalysis. The late transition …

Kinetic and isotopic data and density functional theory treatments provide evidence for the
elementary steps and the active site requirements involved in the four distinct kinetic …