Structural aspects, interfacial catalysts

Courtine, P. Thermodynamic and structural aspects of interfacial effects in mild oxidation catalysts. In Solid State Chemistry in Catalysis. Grasselli, R.K. and Brazdil, J.F. Eds. ACS. Symposium Series, Vol. 279, 1985, p. 37-56. 

Although mechanistic aspects of electron transfer in these systems remains ambiguous, catalysts self-assembled on the gold surface are amenable to the surface analysis as compared with those immobilized on conventional electrodes. More detailed studies including elaborate molecular design are required to elucidate the relationship between the interfacial structure and the electrocatalytic function. 

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