Activity descriptor identification for oxygen reduction on platinum-based bimetallic nanoparticles: In situ observation of the linear composition-strain-activity relationship

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 387-400

  Jia, Qingying ^a   Liang, Wentao ^a   Bates, Michael K ^a   Mani, Prasanna ^b   Lee, Wendy ^b   Mukerjee, Sanjeev ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

activity descriptor; oxygen reduction reaction; Pt bimetallic nanoparticles; strain effects; X ray absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BOND LENGTH; CATALYSTS; COBALT ALLOYS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; NANOPARTICLES; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES; DESCRIPTORS; FUEL CELL COMMERCIALIZATION; IN-SITU SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES; OXYGEN REDUCTION CATALYSTS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PT-CO ALLOY NANOPARTICLES; STRAIN EFFECT;

PLATINUM ALLOYS;

CARBON; COBALT; METAL NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN; PLATINUM;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; COBALT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84921764545     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn506721f     Document Type: Article

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