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Methanol Oxidation at Diamond-Supported Pt Nanoparticles: Effect of the Diamond Surface Termination (2013)
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Celorrio, V., Plana, D., Flórez-Montaño, J., Montes de Oca, M. G., Moore, A., Lázaro, M. J., …Fermín, D. J. (2013). Methanol Oxidation at Diamond-Supported Pt Nanoparticles: Effect of the Diamond Surface Termination. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117(42), 21735-21742. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp4039804

The electrocatalytic reactivity of Pt nanoparticles supported on high-pressure, high-temperature diamond particles toward adsorbed CO, methanol, and formic acid oxidation is investigated employing differential electrochemical mass spectrometry (DEMS)... Read More about Methanol Oxidation at Diamond-Supported Pt Nanoparticles: Effect of the Diamond Surface Termination.

Galvanic and bipolar cells as probes of electroless deposition: The Cu-dimethylamine borane system (2013)
Journal Article
Plana. (2013). Galvanic and bipolar cells as probes of electroless deposition: The Cu-dimethylamine borane system. Electrochemistry Communications, 8 -10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2013.09.024

Galvanic and bipolar cells were used to demonstrate the complexity of electroless deposition reactions. The separation of the half-reactions, and the ability to control the potential, demonstrate the effect of the substrate and the interdependence o... Read More about Galvanic and bipolar cells as probes of electroless deposition: The Cu-dimethylamine borane system.

Electrochemical crystallization of spatially organized copper microwire arrays within biomineralized (dentine) templates (2013)
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Wang, J., Harris, J., Li, M., Plana, D., Barbour, M. E., Fermin, D. J., & Mann, S. (2013). Electrochemical crystallization of spatially organized copper microwire arrays within biomineralized (dentine) templates. CrystEngComm, 15(36), 7152. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ce40704g

Macroporous biomineralized composites in the form of thin slices of tooth dentine were used to prepare oriented arrays of high aspect ratio copper microwires by template-directed electrochemical deposition. The coaligned wires were 1 to 4 μm in thick... Read More about Electrochemical crystallization of spatially organized copper microwire arrays within biomineralized (dentine) templates.

Charge Transport Across High Surface Area Metal/Diamond Nanostructured Composites (2013)
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Plana, D., Humphrey, J. J. L., Bradley, K. A., Celorrio, V., & Fermín, D. J. (2013). Charge Transport Across High Surface Area Metal/Diamond Nanostructured Composites. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 5(8), 2985-2990. https://doi.org/10.1021/am302397p

High surface area composites featuring metal nanostructures and diamond particles have generated a lot of interest in the fields of heterogeneous catalysis, electrocatalysis, and sensors. Diamond surfaces provide a chemically robust framework for act... Read More about Charge Transport Across High Surface Area Metal/Diamond Nanostructured Composites.

Electrochemical performance of Pd and Au-Pd core-shell nanoparticles on surface tailored carbon black as catalyst support (2012)
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Plana. (2012). Electrochemical performance of Pd and Au-Pd core-shell nanoparticles on surface tailored carbon black as catalyst support. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 7152 -7160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.12.014

The present work studies the influence of the surface chemistry of carbon supports on the electrochemical behaviour of Pd and Au–Pd core–shell (CS) nanoparticles. Vulcan XC-72R was chemically modified by different acid treatments, inducing changes in... Read More about Electrochemical performance of Pd and Au-Pd core-shell nanoparticles on surface tailored carbon black as catalyst support.