Layer-by-layer evolution of structure, strain, and activity for the oxygen evolution reaction in graphene-templated Pt monolayers

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6180-6188

  Abdelhafiz, Ali ^a   Vitale, Adam ^a   Joiner, Corey ^a   Vogel, Eric ^a   Alamgir, Faisal M ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

catalysis; cyclic voltammetry; graphene; monolayer; oxygen reduction reaction; platinum; X ray absorption spectroscopy; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD METALLOGRAPHY; MONOLAYERS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; PLATINUM; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ATOMIC ARRANGEMENT; COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; EVOLUTION OF STRUCTURES; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC; GROWTH MECHANISMS; INTER-ATOMIC DISTANCES; LAYER-BY-LAYER GROWTH;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84925778979     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00182     Document Type: Article

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