Stability and hydrogen affinity of graphite-supported wires of Cu, Ag, Au, Ni, Pd, and Pt

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 37, 2013, Pages 19239-19244

  Soldano, Germán J ^a,d   Quaino, Paola ^a,b   Santos, Elizabeth ^a,c   Schmickler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FISICOQUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; COINAGE METALS; HYDROGEN ADSORPTION; PT NANOWIRES; ZIGZAG CONFIGURATION;

COINAGE; GAS ADSORPTION; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN; MINTS; NANOWIRES; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; SILVER;

WIRE;

EID: 84884585001     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp406361s     Document Type: Article

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