First-principles atomistic thermodynamics for oxidation catalysis: Surface phase diagrams and catalytically interesting regions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 461031-461034

  Reuter, Karsten ^a   Scheffler, Matthias ^a  

^a FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; OXIDATION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

PHASE BOUNDARIES;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 4244042114     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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