Catalytically active single-atom niobium in graphitic layers

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Xuefeng ^a,b   Guo, Junjie ^c,d   Guan, Pengfei ^e,f   Liu, Chunjing ^a   Huang, Hao ^a   Xue, Fanghong ^a   Dong, Xinglong ^a   Pennycook, Stephen J ^c,d   Chisholm, Matthew F ^d  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^e Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^f BEIJING COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; NIOBIUM; OXYGEN;

ADSORPTION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ELECTROKINESIS; ELECTRON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUEL CELL; GRAPHITE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STABILIZATION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOM; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON; ION EXCHANGE; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84878630257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2929     Document Type: Article

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