Electrochemical and DFT analysis of deactivation of Pt supported on Niobia

ECS Transactions

Volumn 33, Issue 1 PART 1, 2010, Pages 191-200

  Konopka, Daniel ^a   Kiefer, Boris ^b   Jiang, Ying Bing ^a   Ward, Tim ^a   Atanassov, Plamen ^a  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC DEACTIVATION; CATHODIC POTENTIALS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; ION TRANSPORTS; MIXED METAL OXIDE; OPEN ATMOSPHERE; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; POST TREATMENT; PT(111); SINGLE-STEP; TEM;

CATALYST POISONING; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FUEL CELLS; GOLD COATINGS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM OXIDE; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; POLYELECTROLYTES; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

CATALYST DEACTIVATION;

EID: 79952639192     PISSN: 19385862     EISSN: 19386737     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1149/1.3484516     Document Type: Conference Paper

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