Catalytic activities of subnanometer gold clusters (Au16-Au 18, Au20, and Au27-Au35) for CO oxidation

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 7818-7829

  Gao, Yi ^a   Shao, Nan ^b   Pei, Yong ^c   Chen, Zhongfang ^d   Zeng, Xiao Cheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

CO oxidation; density functional theory; site by site adsorption energies; site dependent catalytic activities; subnanometer gold clusters

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO STUDY; ADSORPTION ENERGIES; ADSORPTION SITE; ANIONIC CLUSTERS; ANIONIC STATE; BINDING STRENGTH; CHEMICAL PROBES; CO OXIDATION; CO-ADSORPTION; CONE ANGLE; GEOMETRIC FACTORS; GOLD CLUSTERS; LOW COORDINATION; PROTOTYPE MODELS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REACTION BARRIERS; REACTION PATHWAYS; SITE-BY-SITE ADSORPTION ENERGIES; SIZE EFFECTS; SIZE RANGES; SUBNANOMETERS; SURFACE SITES; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ADSORPTION; CALCULATIONS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GOLD; MOLECULES; OXIDATION; REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80055006391     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn201817b     Document Type: Article

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