Nicolas Alonso-Vante

Nicolas Alonso-Vante is a Professor of chemistry at the Chemistry Department of the University of Poitiers, France. He received his M.S. degree in 1978 from CIEA-IPN, Mexico, and Ph.D. (Docteur 3ème Cycle) degree and Docteur ès Sciences Physiques (D ès Sc), in 1981 and 1984, respectively, from Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France. From 1985 to 1986, he was awarded a research fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Hahn-Meitner-Institut-Berlin (HMI), Germany. From 1987 to 1997, he joined the staff of the Physical Chemistry Department in HMI, as a Senior Researcher. He became Full Professor of Chemistry in 1997 at the University of Poitiers, France. He has more than 90 publications and chapters. He is a Member of the following societies: International Society of Electrochemistry, Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie, Sociedad Iberoamericana de Electroquimica. His current research interests are (photo)electrochemistry and (photo)electrocatalysis of novel materials in the nanoscale range, fuel generation, interfacial characterization, and surface analytical techniques.

Biography Updated on 8 June 2007

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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Photoelectrochemical characterization of p-type silicon electrodes covered with tunnelling nitride dielectric films
    Thin Solid Films, vol. 515, no. 18, pp. 7376–7381, 2007
  2. Sequential treatment via Trametes versicolor and UV/TiO2/RuxSey to reduce contaminants in waste water resulting from the bleaching process during paper production
    Chemosphere, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 793–801, 2007
  3. Chalcogenide oxygen reduction reaction catalysis: X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy with Ru, Ru/Se and Ru/S samples emersed from aqueous media
    Electrochimica Acta, vol. 52, no. 18, pp. 5759–5765, 2007
  4. Genesis of RuxSey Nanoparticles by Pyrolysis of Ru4Se2(CO)11: A Combined X-ray in Situ and DFT Study
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 111, no. 10, pp. 3908–3913, 2007
  5. Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Ruthenium and Rhodium Nanoparticles Modified with Selenium and Sulfur
    Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol. 153, no. 5, p. A869, 2006
  6. Electrooxidation of acetaldehyde on platinum-modified Ti/Ru0.3Ti0.7O2 electrodes
    Electrochimica Acta, vol. 51, no. 14, pp. 2800–2808, 2006
  7. Carbonyl Tailored Electrocatalysts
    Fuel Cells, vol. 6, no. 3-4, pp. 182–189, 2006
  8. Synthesis and electrochemical characterization of a novel platinum chalcogenide electrocatalyst with an enhanced tolerance to methanol in the oxygen reduction reaction
    Electrochemistry Communications, vol. 8, no. 9, pp. 1487–1491, 2006
  9. Electrocatalytic oxidation of lactose on gold nanoparticle modified carbon in carbonate buffer
    Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 147–151, 2005
  10. Methanol tolerant oxygen reduction on carbon-supported Pt?Ni alloy nanoparticles
    Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, vol. 576, no. 2, pp. 305–313, 2005
  11. Oxygen and carbon monoxide interaction on novel clusters like ruthenium: a WAXS study
    Journal of Catalysis, vol. 232, no. 2, pp. 395–401, 2005
  12. High Methanol Tolerance of Carbon-Supported Pt-Cr Alloy Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction
    Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol. 152, no. 4, p. A704, 2005
  13. Photocatalytic oxidation on nanostructured chalcogenide modified titanium dioxide
    Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 83, no. 4, pp. 347–362, 2004
  14. Study of the electrooxidation of ethanol on hydrophobic electrodes by DEMS and HPLC
    Electrochimica Acta, vol. 49, no. 22-23, pp. 3917–3925, 2004
  15. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 108, no. 30, pp. 11024–11034, 2004
  16. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 108, no. 39, pp. 15172–15181, 2004
  17. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 108, no. 6, pp. 1938–1947, 2004
  18. The CO-adsorbate electrooxidation on ruthenium cluster-like materials
    Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, vol. 554-555, pp. 379–384, 2003
  19. Langmuir, vol. 19, no. 26, pp. 10885–10891, 2003
  20. Surface state capture cross sections at Si/electrolyte interfaces determined by combined microwave reflection/photocurrent measurements
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 5, no. 18, p. 3984, 2003
  21. The structure analysis of the active centers of Ru-containing electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction. An in situ EXAFS study
    Electrochimica Acta, vol. 47, no. 22-23, pp. 3807–3814, 2002
  22. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 106, no. 7, pp. 1670–1676, 2002
  23. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 106, no. 47, pp. 12152–12157, 2002
  24. A New Cubane-Type Ru4(CO)12(µ3-Se)4 Tetramer Tailored for Water Photooxidation Catalysis
    European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 2001, no. 10, pp. 2489–2495, 2001
  25. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 105, no. 22, pp. 5238–5243, 2001
  26. Photoacoustic characterization of n-RuSe[sub 2] semiconductor pellets
    Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 88, no. 6, p. 3771, 2000
  27. On the Origin of the Selectivity of Oxygen Reduction of Ruthenium-Containing Electrocatalysts in Methanol-Containing Electrolyte
    Journal of Catalysis, vol. 190, no. 2, pp. 240–246, 2000
  28. Electrocatalysis on nanoscale ruthenium-based material manufactured by carbonyl decomposition
    Electrochemistry Communications, vol. 2, no. 7, pp. 475–479, 2000
  29. Electrocatalysis of O2 reduction at polyaniline+molybdenum-doped ruthenium selenide composite electrodes
    Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, vol. 481, no. 2, pp. 200–207, 2000
  30. In situ EXAFS study of Ru-containing electrocatalysts of oxygen reduction
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 448, no. 1-2, pp. 323–326, 2000
  31. An in situ grazing incidence X-ray absorption study of ultra thin RuxSey cluster-like electrocatalyst layers
    Electrochimica Acta, vol. 45, no. 25-26, pp. 4227–4236, 2000
  32. A screening for the photo reduction of carbon dioxide supported on metal oxide catalysts for C1–C3 selectivity
    Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol. 23, no. 2-3, pp. 169–174, 1999
  33. Solid-state photoelectrochemical device using poly(o-methoxy aniline) as sensitizer and an ionic conductive elastomer as electrolyte
    Synthetic Metals, vol. 105, no. 1, pp. 23–27, 1999
  34. MoSe2 Nanocrystallites Synthesized at Low Temperature via a Chemical Solution Route
    Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, vol. 3, no. 9, p. 450, 1999
  35. Oxygen Reduction on Ru[sub 1.92]Mo[sub 0.08]SeO[sub 4], Ru/Carbon, and Pt/Carbon in Pure and Methanol-Containing Electrolytes
    Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol. 147, no. 7, p. 2620, 1999
  36. Photoelectrocatalytic Study of Water Oxidation at n-RuS[sub 2] Electrodes
    Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol. 145, no. 1, p. 216, 1998
  37. A New Inlet System for Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectroscopy Applied to the Photocorrosion of p-InP(111) Single Crystals
    Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol. 145, no. 2, p. 576, 1998
  38. The scanning microscope for semiconductor characterization (SMSC): electrolyte electroreflectance and photovoltage imaging study of the electrochemical activation of RuS2 photoelectrodes for oxygen evolution
    Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, vol. 458, no. 1-2, pp. 99–105, 1998
  39. Dynamics of the Oxygen-Evolving RuS[sub 2]/Electrolyte Interface
    Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol. 144, no. 9, p. 2991, 1997
  40. STM-photoeffects mediated by water adsorption on photocatalytic (RuS2, TiO2) materials
    Surface Science, vol. 366, no. 3, pp. 508–518, 1996
  41. Kinetics studies of oxygen reduction in acid medium on novel semiconducting transition metal chalcogenides
    Electrochimica Acta, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 567–576, 1995
  42. Evidence for Site-Specific Interaction of Redox Species at the FeS[sub 2]/Electrolyte Interface
    Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol. 142, no. 9, p. L166, 1995
  43. Novel low-temperature synthesis of semiconducting transition metal chalcogenide electrocatalyst for multielectron charge transfer: molecular oxygen reduction
    Electrochimica Acta, vol. 39, no. 11-12, pp. 1647–1653, 1994
  44. Novel semiconducting ternary compounds: IrxRu1 $minus; xS2 (0.005 < x < 0.5) for oxygen evolution electrocatalysis
    Electrochimica Acta, vol. 39, no. 11-12, pp. 1607–1611, 1994
  45. Spectral sensitization of titanium dioxide electrodes via Ru-based chalcogenides thin layers
    Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 509–524, 1994
  46. Crystal growth and properties of novel ternary transition metal chalcogenide compounds [IrxRu1-xS2 (0.005Materials Research Bulletin, vol. 29, no. 10, pp. 1065–1072, 1994
  47. Iron disulfide for solar energy conversion
    Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 289–370, 1993
  48. Temperature dependent impedance analysis of semiconducting RuS2 electrodes in liquid and frozen HClO4·5.5H2O electrolyte
    Electrochimica Acta, vol. 38, no. 14, pp. 1929–1933, 1993
  49. Structure and photoelectrochemical properties of semiconducting rhenium cluster chalcogenides: Re6X8Br2 (X ? S, Se)
    Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol. 178, no. 1-2, pp. 305–314, 1992
  50. Thin Layer Semiconducting Cluster Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction
    Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol. 138, no. 2, p. 639, 1991
  51. Transition metal cluster materials for multi-electron transfer catalysis
    Materials Chemistry and Physics, vol. 22, no. 3-4, pp. 281–307, 1989
  52. Interfacial behavior of hydrogen-treated sulphur deficient pyrite (FeS2-x)
    Solar Energy Materials, vol. 18, no. 1-2, pp. 9–21, 1988