207th ECS Meeting - Quebec City, Canada

May 15 - May 20, 2005

PROGRAM INFORMATION
 

Y3 - Electrocatalysis

Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry
 

Monday, May 16, 2005

Room 202, Level 2, Quebec City Convention Center

Surface Walks/ Dynamics

Co-Chairs: N. Markovic & G. Attard
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
10:00 Introductory Remarks (5 Minutes)
10:05 1524 David C. Grahame Award Address of the Physical Electrochemistry Division- Random Walks and Electron-Transfer Rates at Nanometer-Scale Electrodes H. White (Univesity of Utah) and R. White (University of Utah)
10:45 1525 Electron Spin and Magnetic Fields Enhanced Self Exchange Rates for Transition Metal Complexes Concentrated in Nafion J. Leddy, W. Gellett (University of Iowa) and S. Minteer (Saint Louis University)
11:05 1526 Interfacial Dynamics of D2O Coadsorbed on Saturated CO/Pt(100) in Ultrahigh Vacuum(UHV) as Studied by Time Resolved Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy (TR-IRAS) D. Scherson, N. Yee and G. Chottiner (Case Western Reserve University)
11:25 1527 Video-STM Studies of Adsorbate Dynamics at Electrochemical Interfaces O. Magnussen, T. Tansel and K. Suto (University Kiel)
11:45 1528 An Atomic View on the Dynamics of Reaction Sites on Metal Electrodes M. Giesen (Forschungszentrum Juelich)
 

Single Crystals and Nanoparticles

Co-Chairs: J. Leddy & J. Lessard
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00 1529 Role of Reactive Surface Oxide Films at Pd and Pt Anodes in the Oscillating Electrocatalytic Oxidation of HCOOH B. Conway and M. Tian (University of Ottawa)
14:20 1530 Electrocatalysis of Fuel Cell Reactions: Relationships Between Model Catalysts and Real Nanoparticles N. Markovic, K. Mayrhofer and B. Blizanac (LBNL)
14:40 1531 Nanoparticles and Single Crystal Electrodes- Modeling of Catalytic and Enantioslective Surfaces A. Attard (Cardiff University)
15:00 1532 Growth and Electrochemical behavior of Nanofaceted Platinum Single Crystals H. You (Argonne National Laboratory), V. Komanicky and A. Menzel (ANL)
15:20 1533 An Investigation of CO and Methanol Electro-Oxidations on Pt Spontaneously-Deposited onto Polycrystalline Au and Ru Nanoparticle Surfaces Y. Tong and D. Du (Georgetown University)
15:40 1534 Nanostructures and Reactivity of Ru Electrochemically and Spontaneous Deposited on Au(111) and PT(111) S. Strbac (ICTM), R. Behm (Ulm University, Ulm, Germany) and A. Wieckowski (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
16:00 Intermission (20 Minutes)
16:20 1535 Electrocatalysis at Uniform Arrays of Nanoparticles S. Zou and S. Kumar (Miami University)
16:40 1536 Carbon-Supported alloy Nanoparticle electroCatalysts J. Luo, M. Maye, N. Kariuki, L. Wang, P. Njoki, D. Mott, Y. Lin and C. Zhong (State University of New York at Binghamton)
17:00 1537 Electrochemical study on functionalized and over-grafted platinum nanoparticles A. Etcheberry (Institut Lavoisier _IREM_CNRS), S. Cavaliere (Institut lavoisier_IREM UMR 8637 CNRS), M. Herlem (Institut lavoisier_IREM) and H. Perez (Laboratoire F. Perrin CEA Saclay)
17:20 1538 A Novel Approach to Vary the Size of Metal Nanoparticles F. Jaeger (TU-nchen), U. Stimming (TU-Muenchen) and E. Savinova (Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Russian Academy of Sciences)
17:40 1539 Electrochemical and XPS investigations of Pd adlayers on Au(111) S. Pandelov, J. Meier (TU-Muenchen), W. Schindler (TU M.) and U. Stimming (TU-Muenchen)
18:00 1540 Studies of the Structure and Catalytic Activity of Pt(111)/Os, Au(111)/Os, Pt(111)/Ru/Os and Au(111)/Pt/Ru Surfaces C. Johnston (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), S. Strbac (ICTM), I. Treviranus, A. Lewera and W. Zhou (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
 

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Room 202, Level 2, Quebec City Convention

Single Crystals and Nanoparticles

Co-Chairs: R. Adzic & D. Scherson
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
08:00 1541 Shape-Dependent Electrocatalysis: CO Monolayer Oxidation at Platinum Nanoparticles J. Feliu, J. Solla-Gul, F. Vidal-Iglesias, P. Rodriguez, E. Herrero and A. Aldaz (University of Alicante)
08:20 1542 Surface Reactions and Intermediates on Pt and Pt-Sn Alloys for Development of Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells (DEFCs) B. Koel (University of Southern California)
08:40 1543 The Role of Adsorbed H2O on the Rate of Cooxidation. A FTIR Spectroscopy Insight T. Iwasita and E. Batista (Universidade de Sao Paulo)
09:00 1544 The Role of Surface Structure in CO Electrooxidation on Pt(111) and Pt(111)/Ru in Alkaline Solutions J. Spendelow (UIUC), C. Johnston (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), P. Kenis (UIUC) and A. Wieckowski (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
09:20 1545 Network Electrocatalytic Films of Polyoxometallate Stabilized Noble Metal Nanoparticles P. Kulesza, K. Karnicka, M. Chojak, K. Miecznikowski, B. Baranowska, M. Skunik, P. Barczuk, A. Kolary, W. Czerwinski (University of Warsaw), A. Kuhn (University of Bordeaux), R. Marassi, R. Wlodarczyk (Universita di Camerino), G. Tsirlina (M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University) and A. Wieckowski (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
09:40 Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00 1546 Gold Single Crystals of Micron Dimensions: Fabrication, Surface Properties, and Applications W. Fawcett and M. Muzikar (UC Davis)
10:20 1547 ATR-SEIRAS-A New Approach to Probe Structure and Reactivity of Modified Quasi-single Crystalline Au(111-25nm) Thin Film Electrodes at Electrified Interfaces W. Wandlowski (Research Center Juelich), S. Pronkin and M. Hara (Research center Jülich, ISG 3)
10:40 1548 Towards Molecular-Level Understanding of Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation. Cyclic Voltammetric Study of Benzene Adsorption at Pt Single Crystal Electrodes J. Lessard (Universit de Sherbrooke)
11:00 1549 Under-Potential Deposition of H on Atomically and Molecularly Modified Pt(111) Electrodes G. Jerkiewicz (Queen's University)
11:20 1550 In-situ FTIR Studies of the Catalytic Oxidation of Ethanol on Pt(111) Modified by Osmium Nanodeposits G. Tremiliosi-Filho (Universidade de Sao Paulo), V. Pacheco Santos, V. Del Colle and R. Batista de Lima (Instituto de Qumica de So Carlos/Universidade de So Paulo)
11:40 1551 Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy (SFG) of Electrochemical Platinum/Solution Interfaces A. Wieckowski (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), G. Lu, A. Lagutchev, J. White and D. Dlott (University of Illinois)
 

Room 202, Level 2, Quebec City Convention Center

PEM, Laminar Flow, and Other Fuel Cell Topics

Co-Chairs: Y. Tong & H. You
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00 1552 Challenges in the Characterization of Supported Catalysts H. Fuess (TU Darmstadt)
14:20 1553 Methanol Crossover Effects on Cathode Potential and Performance of a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell W. Velstich, V. Paganin and E. Sitta (Universidade de Sao Paulo)
14:40 1554 The Importance of Disorder and Mixed Electron/Proton Conductivity in Fuel Cell Electrocatalysis: Strategies toward an Ionomer- and Carbon-Free Electrode D. Rolison and J. Long (Naval Research Laboratory)
15:00 1555 Coverage and Adsorption Sites of O(H) and CO on PtRu Anodes in Methanol vs. Current in an Operating PEM Fuel Cell D. Ramaker (George Washington University), C. Roth, N. Benker, T. Buhrmester, M. Mazurek (TU Darmstadt), M. Loster (Zentrum fr Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung, Ulm, Germany), H. Fuess (TU Darmstadt) and D. Koningsberger (University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands)
15:20 1556 A New Pt/Ru Model System to Study the Bifunctional Mechanism C. Roth (TU Darmstadt), A. Papworth, R. Nichols and D. Schiffrin (Liverpool University)
15:40 1557 Determination and Impact of Alloying Extent in Bimetallic Nanoparticles by X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy B. Hwang (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology)
16:00 Intermission (20 Minutes)
16:20 1558 Laminar Flow-based Micro Fuel Cells: Opportunities for Alkaline and Mixed-Media Fuel Cell Catalysis P. Kenis, E. Choban, L. Gancs, J. Spendelow (UIUC) and A. Wieckowski (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
16:40 1559 A New Paradigm for Methanol Electrooxidation Derived from X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Anode Catalysts in Operating Fuel Cells E. Smotkin (University of Puerto Rico), E. Chung, S. Stoupin, S. Chattopadhyay and C. Segre (Illinois Institute of Technology)
17:00 1560 The Effect of Nano and Microsize Additives on the Resistance of the Polyether Electrolyte-Lithium Electrode Interface W. Wieczorek (Warsaw University of Technology)
17:20 1561 In situ-IRRAS Studies of the Effect of Nafion on CO Adsorption and Electro-oxidation at Pt Nano-particles J. Li, D. Malevich, C. McLaughlin (University of Guelph), M. Chung (University of Alberta), M. Schlaf and J. Lipkowski (University of Guelph)
17:40 1562 Electrodeposited Pt and Pd-containing Catalyst Structures for Direct Formic Acid Micro Fuel Cells R. Jayashree, P. Kenis, J. Spendelow, J. Yeom, M. Shannon and C. Rastogi (UIUC)
18:00 1563 Characterization of Nanoporous Metallic Films of Controlled Architecture R. Hillman and S. Daisley (University of Leicester)
 

Room 200A/200B/200C, Level 2, Quebec City Convention Center

Tuesday Evening Poster Session

Co-Chairs: A. Wieckowski
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
o 1564 Electrochemical Decoloration of Azo Dyes by Anodic Oxidation on BDD Electrodes N. Bensalah (ISSAT de Gabes), M. Ahmadi and A. Gadri (ENI de Gabes)
o 1565 New Cathode Catalysts Based on Palladium-Alloys for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Acid Medium O. Savadogo (Ecole Polytechnique)
o 1566 Electrodes of Functionalized Aluminum Oxides Containing Pd for the ECH of Phenol C. Cirtiu and H. Mnard (Universit de Sherbrooke)
o 1567 Elaboration by High-energy Ball Milling of Copper and Copper-Palladium Electrodes for Nitrate Reduction D. Reyter (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique), L. Rou (INRS) and D. Belanger (UQAM)
o 1568 Electrochemical Oxidation of Xylitol on Stepped Platinum Single Crystal Surfaces L. Proenca, J. Matos, I. Lopes and I. Fonseca (CECUL)
 

Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Room 202, Level 2, Quebec City Convention Center

PEM, Laminar Flow, and Other Fuel Cell Topics

Co-Chairs: V. Birss & D. Macdonald
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
10:00 1569 Mechanism of the Electro-oxidation at a Platinum Electrode of Dimethylether (DME), A Possible Fuel for PEM Fuel Cells C. Lamy, G. Kerangueven, C. Coutanceau, E. Sibert, F. Hahn and J. Leger (Univ Poitiers - CNRS)
10:20 1570 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Operating H2O2 Fuel Cells and Toward Rechargeable 2- Propanol Fuel Cells S. Bergens, R. Wasylishen, K. Feindel, L. LaRocque, R. Du (University of Alberta) and D. Cao (University of Illionois at Urbana-Champain)
10:40 1571 Studies of Electrooxidation of Methanol and Ethanol on Platinum Electrodes R. Brateng (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), F. Seland (NTNU), B. Brresen and R. Tunold (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
11:00 1572 Origin of the Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activities of Carbon and Oxide Supported Pt-based Alloy Nanoparticles Y. Sung (Seoul National University)
11:20 1573 Probing the Ru Oxidation State during the CH3OH Electro-Oxidation Reaction and Pt to Ru Catalyst Surface Site Distribution: A Simple Electrochemical In-situ Method C. Bock, A. Collier and B. MacDougall (National Research Council of Canada)
11:40 1574 Innovative Use of Carbon Nanotubes in PEM Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts J. Dodelet (INRS), X. Sun, R. Li, D. Villers (INRS-Energie, Materiaux et Telecommunications) and S. Desilets (R&D pour la Defense Canada-Valcatier)
 

Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Co-Chairs: P. Kulesza & D. Rolison
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00 1575 Advances in Materials for Electrocatalysis S. Trasatti (University of Milan), E. Guerrini, I. Bianchi (University of Milan, Italy), A. Hrussinova (Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria) and L. Popa (Institute of Nuclear Research, Pitesti, Romania)
14:40 1576 Evaluation of "Real Activities" of Electrocatalysts in Nanosized to Bulky Phases for Fuel Cell Reactions M. Watanabe and H. Uchida (University of Yamanashi)
15:00 1577 Shape-Dependent Electrocatalysis: Oxygen Reduction on Au Nanorods J. Feliu, J. Hernandez, E. Herrero, J. Solla, F. Vidal and A. Aldaz (University of Alicante)
15:20 1578 Carbon Structure and Activity of non-noble Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in PEMFC F. Jaouen (INRS) and J. Dodelet (INRS-EMT)
15:40 1579 Evaluation of the Fe3+ / Fe2+ Redox Fuel Cell Cathode Couple K. Fatih (NRC Insitute for Fuel Cell Innovation), D. Wilkinson (University of British Columbia), F. Moraw and F. Girard (NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation)
16:00 Intermission (20 Minutes)
16:20 1580 Mixed-metal Pt Monolayer Electrocatalysts with Enhanced Activity for O2 Reduction R. Adzic (Brookhaven National Laboratory), J. Zhang (Brookhaven National Lab.), M. Vukmirovic (Brookhaven National Laboratory), A. Nilekar and M. Mavrikakis (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
16:40 1581 Reaction Intermediates in Oxygen Reduction on Gold and Platinum Electrodes: In Situ ATR-SEIRAS Study M. Shao and R. Adzic (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
17:00 1582 Peroxide and Oxygen Reduction On Electrode Surfaces A. Gewirth, X. Li and J. Kim (University of Illinois)
17:20 1583 Tafel Analysis of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells V. Birss, A. Co and J. Soderberg (University of Calgary)
17:40 1584 Combinatorial Discovery of Alloy Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction T. He (Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.), E. Kreidler, L. Minor and L. Xiong (Honda Research Institute USA)
 

Thursday, May 19, 2005

Room 202, Level 2, Quebec City Convention Center

Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Co-Chairs: G. Brisard & G. Smotkin
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
08:00 1585 Cathodic Electrocatalysts Tolerant to Methanol for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell J. Leger (Univ Poitiers - CNRS), S. Baranton, R. Koffi (University Poitiers), C. Coutanceau and C. Lamy (Univ Poitiers - CNRS)
08:20 1586 Ruthenium Metal Cluster-like Materials as Catalysts. An Insight Into the Genesis of the Material and Their Role in (Electro)Catalysis N. Alonso-Vante (University of Poitiers) and W. Vogel (Fritz-Haber-Institut-Berlin)
08:40 1587 Oxygen Reduction Reaction Order In a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell K. Neyerlin (General Motors Fuel Cell Activities), W. Gu (General Motors) and H. Gasteiger (General Motors Fuel Cell Activities)
09:00 1588 Palladium Monoayer and Palladium Alloy Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction T. Huang, P. Liu, J. Zhang (Brookhaven National Lab.) and R. Adzic (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
09:20 1589 XAS, XRD and Electrochemical Studies of Pt-Co/C Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in H2/O2 PEM Fuel Cell E. Gonzalez, J. Salgado, E. Antolini (Instituto de Química de São Carlos/USP) and M. Giz (Instituto de quimica de Sao Carlos)
09:40 Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00 1590 Methanol Tolerance Properties of Bimetallic (Pt-M) Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in DMFCs A. Arico, A. Arico (ITAE-CNR), V. Baglio, A. Stassi, C. D'Urso, A. Di Blasi (CNR-ITAE), V. Antonucci (ITAE-CNR) and A. Castro Luna (INIFTA)
10:20 1591 Non-Platinum Electrocatalysts for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells:Structure of Nano-Composite Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction P. Atanassov, S. Levendosky, K. Artyushkova and J. Fulghum (University of New Mexico)
10:40 1592 Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in PEM Fuel Cells Based on Co/Fe Porphyrins/Acetates M. Grigoriu (INRS), F. Jaouen (INRS-EMT) and D. Villers (INRS-Energie, Materiaux et Telecommunications)
 

Theory

Co-Chairs: G. Brisard & G. Smotkin
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
11:00 1593 Mechanism and Modeling of Hydrogen Adsorption, Absorption, and Evolution A. Lasia and L. Birry (Universite de Sherbrooke)
11:20 1594 Binding Energy of Pt-Ru Mixed Metal Surface Systems P. Bagus (University of North Texas) and A. Wieckowski (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
11:40 1595 Probing Channel Size and Connectivity in PEMs Using Site-Selected Electrochemistry and Scanned Probe Microscopy S. Buratto, D. Gargas, D. Bussian and H. Metiu (University of California, Santa Barbara)
 
Co-Chairs: S. Bergens & R. Hillman
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00 1596 Computer Simulation of Excess Proton Solvation and Transport G. Voth (Dept. of Chemistry)
14:20 1597 Dynamic Phase Transition, Enhanced Reaction Rate, and Decay of Metastable States in a Model of CO Oxidation with CO Desorption P. Rikvold (Florida State University), E. Machado, G. Buendia (Universidad Simon Bolivar) and R. Ziff (University of Michigan)
14:40 1598 Modeling of "Real Life" Catalysis from First Principles M. Scheffler (Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG)
15:00 1599 Conversion of Hydrogen on alloys and inorganic compounds I. Chorkendorff (Technical University of Denmark)
15:20 1600 PEMFC Electrochemistry: Simulation of Nonequilibrium Surface Chemistry on 3-Dimensional Geometries V. Rai, M. Aryanpour and H. Pitsch (Stanford University)
15:40 1601 Ab Initio Investigation of the Electrocatalytic Mechanism of Methanol Oxidation over Platinum Electrodes M. Neurock, S. Wasileski (University of Virginia), D. Cao, G. Lu (University of Illinois) and A. Wieckowski (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
16:00 Intermission (20 Minutes)
16:20 1602 Vibrational Recognition of CO Adsorption Sites from Density-Functional Perturbation Theory N. Marzari and I. Dabo (MIT)
16:40 1603 A First Principles Model for the coupling between chemical adsorbates and surface segregation in Pt-alloy catalysts B. Han (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), V. Anton (MIT) and G. Ceder (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
17:00 1604 Why is there Such a Small Overpotential for O2 Electro Reduction by Copper Laccase? A. Anderson, H. Schweiger and V. Ellen (Case Western Reserve University)
17:20 1605 Ab Initio MD of Methanol Oxidation on Pt Surfaces in Aqueous Solution E. Spohr (Forschungszentrum lich) and C. Hartnig (Zentrum r Sonnenenergie und Wasserstoff-Forschung Ulm)
17:40 1606 Structure Sensitivity in Electrocatalysis M. Koper (Eindhoven University)
 

Friday, May 20, 2005

Room 202, Level 2, Quebec City Convention Center

Electrocatalysis (Beyond Fuel Cells)

Co-Chairs: S. Zou & Y. Sung
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
08:00 1607 New Methods of Analysis in X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy for Electrocatalysis M. Teliska, P. Bouwman, K. Swider Lyons (Naval Research Laboratory) and D. Ramaker (George Washington University)
08:20 1608 Formation of Pd-Pt Bimetallic Clusters in AOT Reverse Micelles Investigated by In-situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy C. Chen and B. Hwang (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology)
08:40 1609 Potential Oscillations in Formic Acid Oxidation at a Platinum Electrodes Studied by Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy M. Osawa, G. Samjesk, A. Miki and S. Ye (Hokkaido University)
09:00 Intermission (20 Minutes)
09:20 1610 Hydrogen Sorption Behavior of Nanodeposits of Palladium and Its Alloys A. Czerwinski (Warsaw University), I. Kiersztyn (University of Podlasie), M. Lukaszewski and M. Grden (Warsaw Uniwersity Department of Chemistry)
09:40 Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00 1611 Growth and Properties of Oxide Films on Platinum: I. EIS and XPS Studies D. Macdonald and A. Sun (Pennsylvania State University)
10:20 1612 Evidence for the Involvement of Oxygen Vacancies in the Oxygen Electrode Reaction on Passive Titanium B. Ruh and D. Macdonald (Pennsylvania State University)
10:40 1613 The Oxidation of Hydrogen on Oxidized Platinum J. Bao and D. Macdonald (Pennsylvania State University)
11:00 1614 Synthesis of New Catalysts for Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation by Controlling Their 3D Architecture at Molecular, Nanometric and Micrometric Levels H. Menard, N. Bouchard (Universite de Sherbrooke), G. St-Pierre (Universit de Sherbrooke), F. Laplante (INRS) and C. Cirtiu (Universit de Sherbrooke)
11:20 1615 Nanocrystalline Oxides as Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts for PEM Water Electrolysis A. Marshall, B. Borresen, G. Hagen, M. Tsypkin and R. Tunold (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
11:40 1616 Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrate on Copper and Copper-Palladium Electrodes Prepared by High-energy Ball Milling D. Reyter (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique), L. Roue (INRS-EMT) and D. Belanger (UQAM)
 

Electrocatalysis (Beyond Fuel Cells)

Co-Chairs: J. Inukai & A. Wieckowski
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00 1617 Preparation and Characterization of Nb-Doped TiO2 Nanoparticles Used as a Conductive Support for Bifunctional CuCo2O4 Electrocatalyst B. Marsan, P. Manseau and M. De Koninck (University of Quebec, Montreal)
14:20 1618 Preparation and Characterization of Nb0.1Ti0.9O2- and Carbon-Supported CuCo2O4 Used as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts in Alkaline Medium M. De Koninck, P. Manseau and B. Marsan (University of Quebec, Montreal)
14:40 1619 Vibrational Spectroscopic Methods of Probing Metal-Adsorbate Bonds: Far-IR RAIRS and INS A. Russell, C. Baily, C. King, D. Quin and M. Surman (University of Southampton)
15:00 1620 Active Site Behaviour of Platnium Electrodes L. Burke (Unversity College Cork), S. Garbarino (University College Cork) and C. Castleton (Uppsala University)
15:20 1621 Electrochemical Characterization of Mixed RuO2- SnO2 Solid Solutions J. Gaudet (INRS), A. Tavares (Department of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, University of Milan,), S. Trasatti (University of Milan) and D. Guay (INRS)
15:40 1622 Reactivity Trends for Surface-Confined Metal Complexes in Electrocatalysis J. Zagal (Universidad de Santiago de Chile), B. Sepulveda, G. Crdenas-Jirn, J. Costamagna and M. Pez (Universidad de Santiago de Chile)
16:00 Intermission (20 Minutes)
16:20 1623 Electrocatalysis at High Temperatures: Materials and Durability Issues T. Schmidt (PEMEAS GmbH)
16:40 1624 Effect of Thermal Treatment on the Electrochemical Stability of Rhodium Oxide Thin Films F. Laplante (INRS), N. Bertrand (INRS-EMT), D. Guay (INRS), A. Tavares (Department of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, University of Milan,) and S. Trasatti (University of Milan)
17:00 1625 Hydrogen Absorption in Electrocatalytically Active Nanocrystalline Ti2RuM M. Bonneau (INRS), C. Chabanier (INRS-EMT), J. Gaudet (INRS), L. Roue (INRS-EMT) and D. Guay (INRS)
17:20 1626 STM Observation of Sulfur Dimerization in Alkanethiol Monolayers Self-Assembled on Au{111} C. O'Dwyer (Tyndall National Institute)
17:40 1627 Formation of and Reactions on Bi-Metallic Catalysts Using a UHV-EC System J. Inukai and K. Itaya (Tohoku University)