Controllable synthesis of concave nanocubes, right bipyramids, and 5-fold twinned nanorods of palladium and their enhanced electrocatalytic performance

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 27, 2013, Pages 14289-14294

  Shao, Zhibin ^a   Zhu, Wei ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Yang, Qianhui ^a   Yang, Shaolin ^a   Liu, Xiaodi ^a   Wang, Guanzhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTROLLABLE SYNTHESIS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY AND STABILITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; INDEPENDENT CONTROL; PALLADIUM NANOCUBES; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; SURFACE CURVATURES; WET-CHEMICAL METHOD;

NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; THERMODYNAMICS;

PALLADIUM;

EID: 84880146009     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp402519u     Document Type: Article

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