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The role of defects, or active states, in surface electrochemistry with particular reference to gold in neutral solution Burke, L, O'Connell, A and O'Mullane, A 2003, 'The role of defects, or active states, in surface electrochemistry with particular reference to gold in neutral solution', Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, vol. 33, pp. 1125-1125. Document type: Journal Article Collection: Journal Articles Title The role of defects, or active states, in surface electrochemistry with particular reference to gold in neutral solution Author(s) Burke, L O'Connell, A O'Mullane, A Year 2003 Journal name Journal of Applied Electrochemistry Volume number 33 Start page 1125 End page 1125 Total pages 1 Publisher Springer Netherlands Abstract Metastable, active, or nonequilibrium states due to the presence of abnormal structures and various types of defects are well known in metallurgy. The role of such states at gold surfaces in neutral aqueous media (an important electrode system in the microsensor area) was explored using cyclic voltammetry. It was demonstrated that, as postulated in earlier work from this laboratory, there is a close relationship between premonolayer oxidation, multilayer hydrous oxide reduction and electrocatalytic behaviour in the case of this and other metal electrode systems. Some of the most active, and therefore most important, entities at surfaces (e.g., metal adatoms) are not readily imageable or detectable by high resolution surface microscopy techniques. Cyclic voltammetry, however, provides significant, though not highly specific, information about such species. The main conclusion is that further practical and theoretical work on active states of metal surfaces is highly desirable as their behaviour is not simple and is of major importance in many electrocatalytic processes. Subject Electrochemistry Keyword(s) active states electrocatalysis gold gydrous oxides neutral solution DOI - identifier 10.1023/B:JACH.0000003755.89540.da ISSN 0021-891X Related Links Link Description http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JACH.0000003755.89540.da Link to Published Version   Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 06 Dec 2010, 16:10:03 EST Thu, 16 Dec 2010, 10:44:24 EST Wed, 18 Jun 2014, 00:00:23 EST Filtered Full Altmetric details: Access Statistics: 153 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 06 Dec 2010, 14:11:00 EST by Catalyst Administrator