Catalytic activity of Pt nano-particles for H2 formation

Topics in Catalysis

Volumn 57, Issue 1-4, 2014, Pages 273-281

  Skúlason, Egill ^a   Faraj, Avan A ^a   Kristinsdóttir, Lilja ^a   Hussain, Javed ^a   Garden, Anna L ^a   Jónsson, Hannes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Edges; Hydrogen evolution; Minimum energy paths; Nano particles

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATIVE DESORPTIONS; DESORPTION MECHANISM; EDGES; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; MINIMUM ENERGY PATHS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DESORPTION; HYDROGEN; NANOPARTICLES;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84896583777     PISSN: 10225528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11244-013-0182-3     Document Type: Article

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