Oxidation of nanoscale Au-In alloy particles as a possible route toward stable Au-based catalysts

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 10519-10524

  Sutter, Eli A ^a   Tong, Xiao ^a   Jungjohann, Katherine ^a   Sutter, Peter W ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Temperature programmed desorption; Transmission electron microscopy; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CRYSTALLIN; GOLD ALLOY; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; INDIUM; METAL NANOPARTICLE; METAL OXIDE; NANOSHELL; OXYGEN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DESORPTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NANOCATALYST; OXIDATION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84879542791     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1305388110     Document Type: Article

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