Alkaline O reduction on oxide-derived Au: high activity and 4e¯ selectivity without (100) facets

Xiaoquan Min1, Yihong Chen, Matthew W Kanan

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. mkanan@stanford.edu.

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