CO adsorption on defective graphene-supported Pt13 nanoclusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 39, 2013, Pages 19927-19933

  Fampiou, Ioanna ^a   Ramasubramaniam, Ashwin ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ENERGIES; CLUSTER-SUPPORT; D-BAND CENTERS; DEFECT ENGINEERING; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; RANDOM SAMPLING; SUB NANOMETERS; SUPPORTED CLUSTERS;

ADSORPTION; BINDING ENERGY; CHEMICAL BONDS; DEFECTS; GRAPHENE; NANOCLUSTERS; POINT DEFECTS;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84885142570     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp403468h     Document Type: Article

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