Rational Design of Pt3Ni Surface Structures for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 31, 2015, Pages 17735-17747

  Cao, Liang ^a   Mueller, Tim ^b  

^a Departments of Chemistry   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

ALLOY CATALYST; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CLUSTER EXPANSION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PT-NI CATALYSTS; RATIONAL DESIGN;

PLATINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84938680499     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04951     Document Type: Article

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