Fabrication of Pt/Ru nanoparticle pair arrays with controlled separation and their electrocatalytic properties

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2547-2558

  Wickman, Björn ^a   Seidel, Yvonne E ^b   Jusys, Zenonas ^b   Kasemo, Bengt ^a   Behm, R Jürgen ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

COad monolayer oxidation; hole mask colloidal lithography; hydrogen oxidation reaction; model electrode; nanoparticle; platinum; ruthenium

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CATALYST; BIMETALLIC CATALYSTS; CARBON SUBSTRATES; COAD MONOLAYER OXIDATION; COLLOIDAL LITHOGRAPHY; DISK DIAMETERS; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCATALYTIC REACTIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; HOLE-MASK COLLOIDAL LITHOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN OXIDATION; HYDROGEN OXIDATION REACTION; MODEL STUDY; NANODISK ARRAYS; NANODISKS; NANOPARTICLE PAIRS; NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTRODES; OXIDATION PEAK; PLANAR MODEL; POTENTIODYNAMICS; PREPARATION METHOD; RU NANOPARTICLES; UNIFORM SIZE;

CATALYSTS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTRODES; FABRICATION; GLASSY CARBON; HYDROGEN; LITHOGRAPHY; MONOLAYERS; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; RUTHENIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

OXIDATION;

EID: 79955436690     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1021692     Document Type: Article

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