Application of Surface Vibrational Spectroscopies to        Reactive Electrochemistry
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This project is in the general field of analytical and surface                  chemistry and in the subfields of electrochemical catalysis and                 spectroscopy.  Fourier transform infrared and surface-enhanced                  Raman vibrational spectroscopies will be used as in situ probes                 of interfacial electrochemical reactions on noble and                           transition metal electrodes, especially organic oxidations,                     with the objective of discerning interfacial composition and                    molecular transformations underlying the observed                               electrochemical kinetic behavior.  Both aqueous and nonaqueous                  electrolytes will be employed.  Surface crystallographic                        effects upon adsorbate structure and electrocatalytic reaction                  pathways will be determined.  Real-time methods will be                         employed to obtain infrared spectra during the voltammetric                     evolution of irreversible electrode processes.  The utility of                  surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy as a probe of adsorption at                 related metal-gas interfaces will also be investigated.                                                                                                         Fourier transform infrared and surface-enhanced Raman                           vibrational spectroscopies, utilized in a complementary way,                    enable characterization of interfacial electrochemical systems                  at a molecular level under actual reaction conditions.  The                     results of these studies will yield a more detailed                             understanding of the mechanisms of electrocatalytic reactions                   and will provide a basis for the development of improved                        catalysts for technological processes.
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