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Cluster-Surface Interaction and Catalytic Activity : Platinum on TiO2

Simon Bonanni

This thesis is devoted to the study of the catalytic activity of small supported metal clusters. The TiO2(110)-(1×1) supported platinum cluster activity towards CO oxidation, its correlation with the cluster morphology, support properties, and the cluster ...

EPFL2012

Advantages of highly ionized pulse plasma magnetron sputtering (HIPIMS) of silver for improved E-coli inactivation

César Pulgarin, Juan Kiwi, Rosendo Sanjines

This study addresses the DC-magnetron sputtering (DCMS) of Ag-films on polyester and compares the results found for the E. coli inactivation with the inactivation obtained when applying highly ionized pulse plasma power magnetron sputtering (HIPIMS). The a ...

Elsevier2012

Kinetics and Mechanism of Formic Acid Decomposition in Aqueous Solution using Ruthenium Pre-catalysts with Hydrophilic Phosphine Ligands

Weijia Gan

Hydrogen holds the potential to be an alternative to replace fossil fuels in the future. The tremendous research effort dedicated to the issue of hydrogen storage has led to considerable advancements in the development of both adsorption materials and chem ...

EPFL2012

Quantification of platinum deposition in polymer electrolyte fuel cell membranes

Platinum catalyst dissolution with subsequent reduction and deposition of Pt particles in the membrane can lead to a significant loss of polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) performance. To quantify the amount of deposited platinum, a novel transmission el ...

Elsevier2011

Experimental and theoretical studies on the mechanism of hydrogenation by η6-arene β-diketiminato -ruthenium and -osmium complexes

Paul Joseph Dyson, Andrew Douglas Phillips

The β-diketiminate class of ligands is renowned for the stabilization of coordinatively unsatd. main-group and transition metal complexes. Moreover, the application and scope of transition metal β-diketiminate complexes in the catalytic transformation of o ...

2010

Microstructure and Mechanical Behaviour of Ordered Au-Cu-Pt Alloys

Edwina Klay

This thesis investigates nine new compositions of the ternary Au-Cu-Pt system, containing from 75 to 78 wt% Au with 0 to 15 wt% Pt, by means of in-situ synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, transmission electron micros ...

EPFL2010

Electrochemical comparison between IrO2 prepared by anodic oxidation of pure iridium and IrO2 prepared by thermal decomposition of H2IrC16 precursor solution

Christos Comninellis, Stéphane Fierro

Surface redox activities, oxygen evolution reaction (OER), oxidation of formic acid (FA), and anodic stability were investigated and compared for IrO2 electrodes prepared by two techniques: the thermal decomposition of H2IrCl6 precursor (TDIROF) and the an ...

Springer Netherlands2009

Cathode-supported micro-tubular SOFCs based on Nd1.95NiO4 + δ: Fabrication and characterisation of dip-coated electrolyte layers

Heinrich Hofmann, Jan Van Herle, Paul Bowen, Josef Andreas Schuler, Ulrich Aschauer, Henning Lübbe

Fabrication conditions to obtain dense electrolyte double layers on a porous micro-tubular cathode substrate were investigated. Porous tubes of a nickelate material, Nd1.95NiO4 + δ, were fabricated by cold-isostatic pressing (CIP) and sintering. Thin ﬁlms ...

2009