O2 dissociation on M@Pt core-shell particles for 3d, 4d, and 5d transition metals

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 11031-11041

  Jennings, Paul C ^a   Aleksandrov, Hristiyan A ^b,c,d   Neyman, Konstantin M ^b   Johnston, Roy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISSOCIATION; OXYGEN; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TRANSITION METALS;

5D TRANSITION METALS; CORE SHELL PARTICLES; DISSOCIATION BARRIER; EARLY TRANSITION METALS; LATE TRANSITION METALS; METAL CORE; NANO SCALE; PT PARTICLE;

PLATINUM METALS;

EID: 84930227287     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp511598e     Document Type: Article

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