Understanding nano effects in catalysis

National Science Review

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 183-201

  Yang, Fan ^a   Deng, Dehui ^a   Pan, Xiulian ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a   Bao, Xinhe ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

2D materials; Carbon nanotubes; Computational chemistry; Confinement; Graphene; In situ characterization; Inverse catalysts; Nanocatalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938678494     PISSN: 20955138     EISSN: 2053714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwv024     Document Type: Review

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