Mass-selected nanoparticles of Ptx y as model catalysts for oxygen electroreduction

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 732-738

  Hernandez Fernandez, Patricia ^a   Masini, Federico ^a   McCarthy, David N ^a   Strebel, Christian E ^a   Friebel, Daniel ^b   Deiana, Davide ^a   Malacrida, Paolo ^a   Nierhoff, Anders ^a   Bodin, Anders ^a   Wise, Anna M ^b   Nielsen, Jane H ^a   Hansen, Thomas W ^a   Nilsson, Anders ^b   Stephens, Ifan E L ^a   Chorkendorff, Ib ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; METAL NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN; PLATINUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; GAS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE;

ALLOYS; CATALYSIS; ELECTRODES; GASES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PLATINUM;

EID: 84904789857     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2001     Document Type: Article

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