Tuning the electronic structure of titanium oxide support to enhance the electrochemical activity of platinum nanoparticles

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4469-4474

  Shi, Feifei ^a,c   Baker, L Robert ^b,c   Hervier, Antoine ^b,c   Somorjai, Gabor A ^b,c   Komvopoulos, Kyriakos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

electrochemical activity; Electronic structure; platinum nanoparticles; strong metal support interaction; titanium oxide

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; FUEL CELL CATALYSTS; METHANOL OXIDATION REACTIONS; PLATINUM NANO-PARTICLES; PT NANOPARTICLES; STRONG METAL SUPPORT INTERACTION; SUPPORT MATERIALS;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERMI LEVEL; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; REDOX REACTIONS; TITANIUM;

TITANIUM OXIDES;

EID: 84884224455     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl402392u     Document Type: Article

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