A critical evaluation of the interpretation of electrocatalytic nanoimpacts

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 31, 2014, Pages 17756-17763

  Ly, Loretta S Y ^a   Batchelor Mcauley, Christopher ^a   Tschulik, Kristina ^a   Kätelhön, Enno ^a   Compton, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; REACTION KINETICS;

CRITICAL EVALUATION; ELECTROCATALYTIC; ELECTRODE INTERFACE; ELECTRODE SURFACES; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GOLD SURFACES; INDIVIDUAL NANOPARTICLES; PROTON REDUCTION;

GOLD;

EID: 84905860877     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp504968j     Document Type: Article

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