Size-dependent subnanometer Pd cluster (Pd4, Pd6, and Pd17) water oxidation electrocatalysis

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 5808-5817

  Kwon, Gihan ^a   Ferguson, Glen A ^a   Heard, Christopher J ^b   Tyo, Eric C ^c   Yin, Chunrong ^a   Debartolo, Janae ^a   Seifert, Sönke ^a   Winans, Randall E ^a   Kropf, A Jeremy ^a   Greeley, Jeffrey ^a   Johnston, Roy L ^b   Curtiss, Larry A ^a   Pellin, Michael J ^a   Vajda, Stefan ^a,c  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

catalysis; electrocatalysis; GISAXS; GIXAFS; GIXAS; hybrid nanostructures; nanocrystalline diamond; nanoparticles; palladium; subnanometer clusters; water oxidation; water splitting; X ray absorption; X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

GI-SAXS; GIXAFS; GIXAS; HYBRID NANOSTRUCTURES; NANO-CRYSTALLINE DIAMONDS; SUB NANOMETERS; WATER OXIDATION; WATER SPLITTING;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; COATED WIRE ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTRODES; ISOMERS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION; PALLADIUM;

CATALYTIC OXIDATION;

NANOMATERIAL; PALLADIUM; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; MATERIALS TESTING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES;

CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PALLADIUM; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 84880796769     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn400772s     Document Type: Article

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