Rational design of competitive electrocatalysts for hydrogen fuel cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 463-467

  Stolbov, Sergey ^a   Alcántara Ortigoza, Marisol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MATERIALS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; FREE-ENERGY DIAGRAMS; GENERAL APPROACH; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PT-BASED CATALYST; RATIONAL DESIGN; RENEWABLE SOURCES; SANDWICH-LIKE STRUCTURE; TRIMETALLIC;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN FUELS; PLATINUM;

ELECTROCATALYSTS;

EID: 84857541359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz201551e     Document Type: Article

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