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Overview

Manuel P. Soriaga was affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the fields of Energy, Chemical Engineering, and Chemistry. The scientist contributed to subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, and Electrochemistry.

The topics covered in their work included:

  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications

Manuel P. Soriaga authored a number of research papers, with recent publications appearing in venues such as Catalysis Today. Among their notable works was the article titled "Tracking the prelude of the electroreduction of carbon monoxide via its interaction with Cu(100): Studies by operando scanning tunneling microscopy and infrared spectroscopy," published in 2020.

Frequent co-authors included:

  • Jack H. Baricuatro
  • Youn-Geun Kim
  • Carol Korzeniewski

The research spanned topics intersecting catalysis and electrochemical processes relevant to energy transformation and sustainability, focusing on detailed mechanistic studies that addressed catalytic behavior and ionic liquids applications in electrochemical setups.

Best Publications

  • Role of Structural and Electronic Properties of Pt and Pt Alloys on Electrocatalysis of Oxygen Reduction An In Situ XANES and EXAFS Investigation

    Sanjeev Mukerjee;Supramaniam Srinivasan;Manuel P. Soriaga;James McBreen

  • Effect of Preparation Conditions of Pt Alloys on Their Electronic, Structural, and Electrocatalytic Activities for Oxygen Reduction-XRD, XAS, and Electrochemical Studies

    Sanjeev Mukerjee;Supramaniam Srinivasan;Manuel P. Soriaga;James McBreen

  • Surface-oxide growth at platinum electrodes in aqueous H2SO4 ☆: Reexamination of its mechanism through combined cyclic-voltammetry, electrochemical quartz-crystal nanobalance, and Auger electron spectroscopy measurements

    Gregory Jerkiewicz;Gholamreza Vatankhah;Jean Lessard;Manuel P. Soriaga

  • The Hydrophilic Phosphatriazaadamantane Ligand in the Development of H2 Production Electrocatalysts: Iron Hydrogenase Model Complexes

    Rosario Mejia-Rodriguez;Daesung Chong;Joseph H. Reibenspies;Manuel P. Soriaga

  • Determination of the Orientation of Adsorbed Molecules at Solid-Liquid Interfaces by Thin-Layer Electrochemistry: Aromatic Compounds at Platinum Electrodes

    Manuel P. Soriaga;Arthur T. Hubbard

  • Engineering Cu surfaces for the electrocatalytic conversion of CO2: Controlling selectivity toward oxygenates and hydrocarbons

    Christopher Hahn;Christopher Hahn;Toru Hatsukade;Youn-Geun Kim;Arturas Vailionis

  • The electrode/electrolyte interface - A status report

    Allen J. Bard;Hector D. Abruña;Chris E. Chidsey;Larry R. Faulkner

  • The evolution of the polycrystalline copper surface, first to Cu(111) and then to Cu(100), at a fixed CO₂RR potential: a study by operando EC-STM.

    Youn-Geun Kim;Jack Hess Baricuatro;Alnald Javier;John Mathew Gregoire

  • Nickel–Gallium-Catalyzed Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Highly Reduced Products at Low Overpotentials

    Daniel A. Torelli;Sonja A. Francis;J. Chance Crompton;Alnald Javier

  • Electrocatalysis of hydrogen production by active site analogues of the iron hydrogenase enzyme: structure/function relationships

    Daesung Chong;Irene P. Georgakaki;Rosario Mejia-Rodriguez;Jean Sanabria-Chinchilla

  • Determination of the orientation of aromatic molecules adsorbed on platinum electrodes. The effect of solute concentration

    Manuel P. Soriaga;Arthur T. Hubbard

  • CoP as an Acid-Stable Active Electrocatalyst for the Hydrogen-Evolution Reaction: Electrochemical Synthesis, Interfacial Characterization and Performance Evaluation

    Fadl H. Saadi;Azhar I. Carim;Erik Verlage;John C. Hemminger

  • The Reaction Mechanism with Free Energy Barriers for Electrochemical Dihydrogen Evolution on MoS2

    Yufeng Huang;Robert J. Nielsen;William A. Goddard;Manuel P. Soriaga

  • Grignard reagent formation

    John F. Garst;Manuel P. Soriaga

  • Determination of the surface area of gold electrodes by iodine chemisorption

    Jose F. Rodriguez;Thomas Mebrahtu;Manuel P. Soriaga

  • Electrocatalysis of the hydrogen-evolution reaction by electrodeposited amorphous cobalt selenide films

    Azhar I. Carim;Fadl H. Saadi;Manuel P. Soriaga;Manuel P. Soriaga;Nathan S. Lewis

  • Ultra-high vacuum techniques in the study of single-crystal electrode surfaces

    Manuel P. Soriaga

  • Determination of the orientation of aromatic molecules adsorbed on platinum electrodes: the influence of iodide, a surface-active anion

    Manuel P. Soriaga;Arthur T. Hubbard

  • Surface-oxide growth at platinum electrodes in aqueous H2SO4

    Gregory Jerkiewicz;Gholamreza Vatankhah;Jean Lessard;Manuel P. Soriaga

  • Operando Spectroscopic Analysis of CoP Films Electrocatalyzing the Hydrogen-Evolution Reaction

    Fadl H. Saadi;Azhar I. Carim;Walter S. Drisdell;Sheraz Gul

  • Orientational transitions of aromatic molecules adsorbed on platinum electrodes

    Manuel P. Soriaga;Peggy H. Wilson;Arthur T. Hubbard;Clifford S. Benton

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur T. Hubbard
Arthur T. Hubbard University of Cincinnati
John L. Stickney
John L. Stickney University of Georgia
Nathan S. Lewis
Nathan S. Lewis California Institute of Technology
Kingo Itaya
Kingo Itaya Tohoku University
Bruce S. Brunschwig
Bruce S. Brunschwig California Institute of Technology
Marcetta Y. Darensbourg
Marcetta Y. Darensbourg Texas A&M University
Supramaniam Srinivasan
Supramaniam Srinivasan Princeton University
Perla B. Balbuena
Perla B. Balbuena Texas A&M University
Helmut Baltruschat
Helmut Baltruschat University of Bonn
Chunsheng Wang
Chunsheng Wang University of Maryland, College Park

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