High catalytic activity of Au clusters supported on ZnO nanosheets

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 36, 2014, Pages 21038-21041

  Guo, Na ^a   Lu, Ruifeng ^a,b   Liu, Shuanglong ^a   Ho, Ghim Wei ^a   Zhang, Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; GOLD; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MOLECULES; NANOSHEETS; OXIDATION; OXIDE MINERALS; ZINC OXIDE;

CO-ADSORPTION; METAL CLUSTER; MODEL CATALYSTS; PLANAR STRUCTURE; PROBE REACTIONS; REACTION BARRIERS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); ZNO NANOSHEETS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84914155329     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp506877z     Document Type: Article

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