Chemical State of Adsorbed Sulfur on Pt Nanoparticles

Abstract

The chemical state of adsorbed sulfur (S) on a Pt surface was identified and investigated by a combination of detailed electrochemical (EC) measurements, in situ surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and ab initio density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The SERS data of the adsorbed S coupled with the DFT calculations provide the first convincing evidence showing that the adsorbed sulfur is in a sulfide (S2−) state. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.