Catalytic oxidation of cyclohexane by size-selected palladium clusters pinned on graphite

Journal of Experimental Nanoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 993-1003

  Habibpour, Vahideh ^a   Yin, Chunrong ^b   Kwon, Gihan ^b   Vajda, Stefan ^b,c   Palmer, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

active site; catalysis; cyclohexane; Pd nanoparticles; size selected clusters; STM

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; GRAPHITE INTERFACES; OXIDATION OF CYCLOHEXANE; OXYGEN-RICH CONDITIONS; PD NANO PARTICLE; SIZE-SELECTED CLUSTERS; STM; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED REACTIONS;

CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CYCLOHEXANE; GRAPHITE; NANOPARTICLES; REACTION RATES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYTIC OXIDATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYCLOHEXANE; GRAPHITE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; PALLADIUM; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CATALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PERIMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TURNOVER TIME; CHEMICAL REACTION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84888017755     PISSN: 17458080     EISSN: 17458099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17458080.2013.849821     Document Type: Article

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