Monodispersed bimetallic PdAg nanoparticles with twinned structures: Formation and enhancement for the methanol oxidation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yin, Zhen ^a   Zhang, Yining ^b   Chen, Kai ^c   Li, Jing ^d   Li, Wenjing ^d   Tang, Pei ^d   Zhao, Huabo ^d   Zhu, Qingjun ^e   Bao, Xinhe ^b   Ma, Ding ^d  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

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

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CLEAN AND LOW CARBON ENERGY   (China)

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EID: 84908449222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04288     Document Type: Article

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