Supercharged low-temperature oxygen storage capacity of ceria at the nanoscale

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 604-608

  Kullgren, Jolla ^a   Hermansson, Kersti ^a,b   Broqvist, Peter ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

catalysis; DFT+U; octahedral; reducible oxides; superoxo ions

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; CERIA NANOPARTICLES; DFT + U; LOW TEMPERATURES; NANO SCALE; OCTAHEDRAL; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; OXYGEN ADSORPTION; OXYGEN STORAGE CAPACITY; REDUCIBLE OXIDES; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SIZE DEPENDENT;

CATALYSIS; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; IONIZATION OF GASES; NANOPARTICLES; OXYGEN; TEMPERATURE;

GAS ADSORPTION;

EID: 84874186020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz3020524     Document Type: Article

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