High temperature stability of platinum nanoparticles on few-layer graphene investigated by In Situ high resolution transmission electron microscopy

Nano Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 511-521

  Janowska, Izabela ^a   Moldovan, Maria Simona ^b   Ersen, Ovidiu ^b   Bulou, Hervé ^b   Chizari, Kambiz ^a   Ledoux, Marc J ^a   Pham Huu, Cuong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

catalysis; Graphene; nanoparticles diffusion; platinium; TEM annealing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956032251     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-011-0107-z     Document Type: Article

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