Density functional theory study of Pt3M alloy surface segregation with adsorbed O/OH and Pt3Os as catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 46, 2014, Pages 26703-26712

  Tsai, Ho Cheng ^a   Yu, Ted H ^a,b   Sha, Yao ^a   Merinov, Boris V ^a   Wu, Pu Wei ^c   Chen, San Yuan ^c   Goddard, William A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BINDING ENERGY; CATALYSTS; COBALT ALLOYS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; IRIDIUM ALLOYS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; QUANTUM THEORY; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SURFACE SEGREGATION; TRANSITION METALS;

ADSORBED SPECIES; ALLOY CATALYST; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDIES; PT(111); RATE-DETERMINING STEP; SEGREGATION ENERGIES;

PLATINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84914669457     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp507103c     Document Type: Article

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