Why is gold such a good catalyst for oxygen reduction in alkaline media?

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 51, Issue 52, 2012, Pages 12997-13000

  Quaino, P ^a   Luque, N B ^b   Nazmutdinov, R ^d   Santos, E ^b,c   Schmickler, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^d KAZAN NATIONAL RESEARCH TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Electrochemistry; Electron transfer; Gold; Heterogeneous catalysis; Oxygen reduction

Indexed keywords

ACID MEDIA; ACID SOLUTIONS; ALKALINE MEDIA; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES; LOW TEMPERATURES; OVERPOTENTIAL; OXYGEN REDUCTION; PORTABLE DEVICE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; REACTION MECHANISM;

CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; GOLD; PLATINUM; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84871961099     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201205902     Document Type: Article

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