Probing the Limits of d-Band Center Theory: Electronic and Electrocatalytic Properties of Pd-Shell-Pt-Core Nanoparticles

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 32, 2015, Pages 18389-18395

  Gorzkowski, Maciej T ^a   Lewera, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CHEMISORPTION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FERMI LEVEL; NANOPARTICLES; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

ACTIVATION BARRIERS; CHEMISORPTION ENERGY; CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; FORMIC ACID OXIDATION; SHELL NANOPARTICLES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84939133073     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b05302     Document Type: Article

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