Lattice-strain control of the activity in dealloyed core-shell fuel cell catalysts

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 454-460

  Strasser, Peter ^a,b   Koh, Shirlaine ^b   Anniyev, Toyli ^c,d   Greeley, Jeff ^e   More, Karren ^f   Yu, Chengfei ^b   Liu, Zengcai ^b   Kaya, Sarp ^c,d   Nordlund, Dennis ^d   Ogasawara, Hirohito ^c,d   Toney, Michael F ^c,d   Nilsson, Anders ^c,d  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^e ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; METAL NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN; PLATINUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CATALYSIS; COPPER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77952794660     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.623     Document Type: Article

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