Reversible surface segregation of Pt in a Pt3Au/C catalyst and its effect on the oxygen reduction reaction

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 9164-9170

  Lee, Kug Seung ^a,b   Park, Hee Young ^a   Ham, Hyung Chul ^a   Yoo, Sung Jong ^a   Kim, Hyoung Juhn ^a   Cho, Eunae ^a   Manthiram, Arumugam ^c   Jang, Jong Hyun ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU(111) SURFACES; AU/C CATALYSTS; BIMETALLIC CATALYSTS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DFT CALCULATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITIES; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; POTENTIAL CYCLES;

BINDING ENERGY; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; PLATINUM ALLOYS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SURFACE SEGREGATION;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84877723959     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp403135k     Document Type: Article

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