O 2 activation on the outer surface of carbon nanotubes modified by encapsulated iron clusters

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 300, Issue , 2014, Pages 91-97

  Ma, Dongwei ^a   Jia, Shuanwen ^a   Zhao, Dongqiu ^a   Lu, Zhansheng ^b   Yang, Zongxian ^b  

^a ANYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Charge transfer; First principles calculation; Iron cluster

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; IRON; REDUCTION; WORK FUNCTION; YARN;

CARBON SURFACE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; IRON CLUSTER; LOCAL WORK FUNCTION; MODIFIED CARBON; OUTER SURFACE; RATE DETERMINING STEP; SINGLEWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNT);

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84896490975     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.02.009     Document Type: Article

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