A theoretical study of single-atom catalysis of CO oxidation using au embedded 2D h-BN monolayer: A CO-promoted O2 activation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mao, Keke ^a,b   Li, Lei ^c   Zhang, Wenhua ^a   Pei, Yong ^d   Zeng, Xiao Cheng ^c   Wu, Xiaojun ^a,b   Yang, Jinlong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84903475968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05441     Document Type: Article

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