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Volume 28, 2013

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Improved performance of anode with iron/sulfur-modified graphite in microbial fuel cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1L. Bouabdalaoui, L. Legrand, D. Féron and A. Chaussé

Available online since 24 November 2012

Graphene-xerogel-based non-precious metal catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5X. Fu, J. Jin, Y. Liu, Q. Liu, K. Niu, J. Zhang and X. Cao

Available online since 22 November 2012

Composite of nanosized carbides and carbon aerogel and its supported Pd electrocatalyst for synergistic oxidation of ethylene glycol . . . . . . 9X. Zhang, Z. Tian and P.K. Shen

Available online since 30 November 2012

Flowerlike Co3O4 microspheres loaded with copper nanoparticle as an efficient bifunctional catalyst for lithium–air batteries . . . . . . . . 13W. Yang, J. Salim, C. Ma, Z. Ma, C. Sun, J. Li, L. Chen and Y. Kim

Available online since 13 December 2012

Electrochemical oxidation of solid Li2O2 in non-aqueous electrolyte using peroxide complexing additives for lithium–air batteries . . . . . 17D. Zheng, H.-S. Lee, X.-Q. Yang and D. Qu

Available online since 13 December 2012

Electrolyte solution for the improved cycling performance of LiCoPO4/C composite cathodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20R. Sharabi, E. Markevich, K. Fridman, G. Gershinsky, G. Salitra, D. Aurbach, G. Semrau, M.A. Schmidt, N. Schall and C. Bruenig

Available online since 7 December 2012

Synthesis of nitrogen doped graphene with high electrocatalytic activity toward oxygen reduction reaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24B. Zheng, J. Wang, F.-B. Wang and X.-H. Xia

Available online since 6 December 2012

Electrochemical reduction of CO2 catalysed by Geobacter sulfurreducens grown on polarized stainless steel cathodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27L. Soussan, J. Riess, B. Erable, M.-L. Delia and A. Bergel

Available online since 6 December 2012

Regioselective anodic α-methoxylation of 2-oxazolidinone on boron doped diamond in acidic methanol medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31KR. Saravanan, V. Selvamani, K. Kulangiappar, D. Velayutham and V. Suryanarayanan

Available online since 13 December 2012

Electro-oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde in supercritical CO2 with ionic liquid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34N. Sun, Y. Hou, W. Wu, M. Niu and W. Wang

Available online since 13 December 2012

Hydrogen evolution on Au(111) catalyzed by rhodium nanoislands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37M. Smiljanić, I. Srejić, B. Grgur, Z. Rakočević and S. Štrbac

Available online since 13 December 2012

Interdispersed silicon–carbon nanocomposites and their application as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Z. Yang, J. Guo, S. Xu, Y. Yu, H.D. Abruña and L.A. Archer

Available online since 2 December 2012

Electrochemical dissolution of gold in acidic medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44S. Cherevko, A.A. Topalov, I. Katsounaros and K.J.J. Mayrhofer

Available online since 13 December 2012

A heated pencil lead disk electrode with direct current and its preliminary application for highly sensitive detection of luteolin . . . . . . 47S.-H. Wu, B.-J. Zhu, Z.-X. Huang and J.-J. Sun

Available online since 14 December 2012

Direct electrochemistry of copper oxide nanoparticles in alkaline media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51W.Z. Teo, A. Ambrosi and M. Pumera

Available online since 13 December 2012

Multichannel hollow TiO2 nanofibers fabricated by single-nozzle electrospinning and their application for fast lithium storage . . . . . . . 54K. Tang, Y. Yu, X. Mu, P.A. van Aken and J. Maier

Available online since 13 December 2012

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On-line mass spectrometry study of electrochemical corrosion of the graphite electrode for vanadium redox flow battery . . . . . . . . . . 58H. Liu, Q. Xu and C. Yan

Available online since 20 December 2012

Memcapacitive properties of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) modified electrodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63N. Martino and H.N. Randriamahazaka

Available online since 9 November 2012

A novel efficient electrode material: Activated carbon fibers grafted by ordered mesoporous carbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67J. Hu, J. Sun, J. Yan, K. Lv, C. Zhong, K. Deng and J. Li

Available online since 6 December 2012

Electrochemical characteristics of ternary compound CoSbS for application in Li secondary batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71J.-O. Lee, J.-U. Seo, J.H. Song, C.-M. Park and C.K. Lee

Available online since 20 December 2012

WS2 nanoparticles–encapsulated amorphous carbon tubes: A novel electrode material for supercapacitors with a high rate capability . . . . . 75B. Hu, X. Qin, A.M. Asiri, K.A. Alamry, A.O. Al-Youbi and X. Sun

Available online since 20 December 2012

Enhanced performance of SiO/Fe2O3 composite as an anode for rechargeable Li-ion batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79M. Zhou, M.L. Gordin, S. Chen, T. Xu, J. Song, D. Lv and D. Wang

Available online since 20 December 2012

Soldering DNA to graphene via 0, 1 and 2-point contacts: Electrochemical impedance spectroscopic investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83A.H. Loo, A. Bonanni and M. Pumera

Available online since 16 December 2012

Improving the chemical stability of BaCe0.8Sm0.2O3− δ electrolyte by Cl doping for proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cell . . . . . . . . . . 87Y. Wang, H. Wang, T. Liu, F. Chen and C. Xia

Available online since 20 December 2012

Electrochemical biosensors for the monitoring of DNA damage induced by ferric ions mediated oxidation of dopamine . . . . . . . . . . . . 91M. Chen, H. Xiong, X. Zhang, H. Gu and S. Wang

Available online since 13 December 2012

Good sensitivity and high stability of humidity sensor using micro-arc oxidation alumina film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95X. Guo, K. Du, H. Ge, Q. Guo, Y. Wang and F. Wang

Available online since 8 December 2012

Highly dispersed Ag nanoparticles on nanosheets of reduced graphene oxide for oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline media . . . . . . . 100E.J. Lim, S.M. Choi, M.H. Seo, Y. Kim, S. Lee and W.B. Kim

Available online since 23 December 2012

Asymmetric electrochemical capacitor microdevice designed with vanadium nitride and nickel oxide thin film electrodes . . . . . . . . . . 104E. Eustache, R. Frappier, R.L. Porto, S. Bouhtiyya, J.-F. Pierson and T. Brousse

Available online since 20 December 2012

Small diameter TiO2 nanotubes with enhanced photoresponsivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107G. Liu, N. Hoivik and K. Wang

Available online since 29 December 2012

Changes of the interfacial stress with electrode potential in the Ru|0.1 M perchloric acid system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111M. Ujvári, S. Vesztergom, C.B. Pénzes and G.G. Láng

Available online since 29 December 2012

Electrochemical determination of the surface composition of Pd–Pt core–shell nanoparticles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114T.-Y. Jeon, S.J. Yoo, Y.-H. Cho, H.-Y. Park and Y.-E. Sung

Available online since 28 December 2012

Hybrid platinum nanoparticle ensemble for the electrocatalytic oxidation of H2O2: Toward nanostructured biosensor design . . . . . . . . 118L. Challier, F. Gal, G. Carrot, H. Perez and V. Noel

Available online since 14 December 2012

Nitroxyl radical self-assembled monolayers: Generalized lateral interactions model used with binary electrolyte mixture . . . . . . . . . . . 122O. Alévêque, P.-Y. Blanchard and E. Levillain

Available online since 28 December 2012

3D analysis of a LiCoO2–Li(Ni1/3Mn1/3Co1/3)O2 Li-ion battery positive electrode using x-ray nano-tomography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Y.-c.K. Chen-Wiegart, Z. Liu, K.T. Faber, S.A. Barnett and J. Wang

Available online since 28 December 2012

Voltage increase of microbial fuel cells with multiple membrane electrode assemblies by in series connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131B. Kim, J. An, D. Kim, T. Kim, J.K. Jang, B.-G. Lee and I.S. Chang

Available online since 28 December 2012

High precision electrochemical micromachining based on confined etchant layer technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135L.-J. Lai, H. Zhou, Y.-J. Du, J. Zhang, J.-C. Jia, L.-M. Jiang, L.-M. Zhu, Z.-W. Tian, Z.-Q. Tian and D.-P. Zhan

Available online since 28 December 2012

Self-assembly of Fe3O4 nanorods on graphene for lithium ion batteries with high rate capacity and cycle stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139A. Hu, X. Chen, Y. Tang, Q. Tang, L. Yang and S. Zhang

Available online since 4 January 2013

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