Towards stable catalysts by controlling collective properties of supported metal nanoparticles

Nature Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-39

  Prieto, Gonzalo ^a   Zečević, Jovana ^a   Friedrich, Heiner ^b   De Jong, Krijn P ^a   De Jongh, Petra E ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SURFACE AREA; CATALYST STABILITY; COLLECTIVE PROPERTIES; COPPER NANOPARTICLES; CU/ZNO/AL; DISTRIBUTION OF METAL; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; ENHANCED STABILITY; GAS STORAGE; INTER-PARTICLE SPACING; METAL PARTICLE; METHANOL SYNTHESIS; PARTICLE GROWTH; RATIONAL DESIGN; SOLAR FUELS; STABLE CATALYSTS; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION;

CATALYST DEACTIVATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SILICA; SYNTHESIS GAS MANUFACTURE;

METAL FUELS;

EID: 84871262062     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3471     Document Type: Article

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