Reaction pathways derived from DFT for understanding catalytic decomposition of formic acid into hydrogen on noble metals

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 15956-15965

  Hu, Chaoquan ^a   Ting, Siu Wa ^a   Chan, Kwong Yu ^a   Huang, Wei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Formic acid; Hydrogen; Metal surface; Reaction pathway

Indexed keywords

ACID DECOMPOSITION; AQUEOUS PHASIS; BIMETALLIC CATALYSTS; CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; CO-FREE; CO-FREE HYDROGEN; CORE-SHELL; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; KEYPOINTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; METAL SURFACES; MICROSCOPIC LEVELS; NEAR-AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; POTENTIAL METHODS; REACTION MECHANISM; REACTION PATHWAYS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYDROGEN; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; PRECIOUS METALS; RHODIUM; SOLUTIONS;

FORMIC ACID;

EID: 84867400339     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.08.035     Document Type: Article

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