First-principles investigations of metal (Cu, Ag, Au, Pt, Rh, Pd, Fe, Co, and Ir) doped hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets: Stability and catalysis of CO oxidation

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 33, 2013, Pages 17319-17326

  Lin, Sen ^a   Ye, Xinxin ^a   Johnson, Ryan S ^b   Guo, Hua ^b  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC OXYGEN; CO OXIDATION; DEFECT SITES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES INVESTIGATIONS; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; STRONG INTERACTION; STRONG-MIXING;

BORON NITRIDE; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; IRIDIUM; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; NANOSHEETS; OXIDATION; PLATINUM; RHODIUM; SILVER;

PALLADIUM;

EID: 84883196244     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4055445     Document Type: Article

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