Microwave synthesis of classically immiscible rhodium-silver and rhodium-gold alloy nanoparticles: Highly active hydrogenation catalysts

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 11512-11521

  García, Stephany ^a   Zhang, Liang ^a   Piburn, Graham W ^a   Henkelman, Graeme ^a   Humphrey, Simon M ^a  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloy nanoparticles; Density functional theory (DFT); Heterogeneous catalysis; Hydrogenation; Immiscible alloys; Microwave synthesis

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CATALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HYDROGENATION; NANOCATALYSTS; NANOPARTICLES; PRECIOUS METALS; SILVER ALLOYS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALKENE HYDROGENATION; ALLOY NANOPARTICLE; HYDROGENATION CATALYST; IMMISCIBLE ALLOYS; MICROWAVE SYNTHESIS; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED METHODS; SYNERGISTIC INTERACTION; THEORETICAL MODELING;

RHODIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84912569609     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn504746u     Document Type: Article

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