Theoretical Studies on the Synergetic Effects of Au-Pd Bimetallic Catalysts in the Selective Oxidation of Methanol

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 28, 2015, Pages 16072-16081

  Chang, Chun Ran ^a,b   Long, Bo ^b,d   Yang, Xiao Feng ^b,c   Li, Jun ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^d GUIZHOU MINZU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DEHYDROGENATION; FORMALDEHYDE; GOLD ALLOYS; METHANOL; OXIDATION;

AU-PD CATALYSTS; BIMETALLIC CATALYSTS; CO-ADSORPTION; HYDROPEROXYL RADICAL; OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATIONS; SELECTIVE OXIDATION; SYNERGETIC EFFECT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84937156967     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03965     Document Type: Article

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