Electrochemically stable gold nanoclusters in HOPG nanopits

Catalysis Today

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 378-385

  Limat, M ^a   Foti G ^a   Hugentobler, M ^a   Stephan, R ^a   Harbich, W ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electrocatalysis; Electrochemical stability; Evaporation deposition; Gold nanoparticles; Heat treatment; Highly oriented pyrolytic graphite

Indexed keywords

AU CLUSTERS; AU ELECTRODES; CLUSTER IMPACT; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITY; EVAPORATION DEPOSITION; GOLD NANOCLUSTER; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GOLD NANOSTRUCTURES; GOLD PARTICLES; GRAPHITE SURFACES; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; MEAN DIAMETER; NANO-SIZED; NANOPITS; OXYGEN ATMOSPHERE; SIZE RANGES; UNSTABLE STRUCTURES;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; ELECTROCATALYSIS; EVAPORATION; GOLD; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; HEAT TREATMENT; NANOPARTICLES; OXYGEN; THERMAL EFFECTS; VAPORS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

EID: 68349154498     PISSN: 09205861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2009.06.021     Document Type: Article

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