Plasmon-assisted electrochemical epoxidation of styrene (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Plasmon-assisted electrochemical epoxidation of styrene

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A schematic of plasmon-assisted electrochemical epoxidation of styrene on a GCE, or glassy carbon electrode, coated with gold and manganese oxide nanostructures, under the illumination of a 532-nanometer laser light source. In this graphic, H = hydrogen, C = carbon, O = oxygen and S = sulfonate from styrene oxidation.

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Graphic courtesy Prashant Jain

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