Catalytic Pt-on-Au nanostructures: Why Pt becomes more active on smaller Au particles

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2226-2236

  Zhang, Gui Rong ^a   Zhao, Dan ^a   Feng, Yuan Yuan ^a   Zhang, Bingsen ^b   Su, Dang Sheng ^b   Liu, Gang ^c   Xu, Bo Qing ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

bimetallic nanostructure; formic acid electrooxidation; gold; oxygen reduction; platinum; size effect; surface electronic structure

Indexed keywords

BIMETALLIC NANOSTRUCTURES; FORMIC ACID ELECTROOXIDATION; OXYGEN REDUCTION; SIZE EFFECTS; SURFACE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

DISPERSIONS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTROOXIDATION; FORMIC ACID; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM;

GOLD;

EID: 84859145228     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204378t     Document Type: Article

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