Oxygen Intercalation of Graphene on Transition Metal Substrate: An Edge-Limited Mechanism

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 4099-4105

  Ma, Liang ^a,b   Zeng, Xiao Cheng ^b   Wang, Jinlan ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

ab initio calculation; decoupling and transfer; graphene edge; oxygen intercalation; transition metal catalyst

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; METALS; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; OXYGEN; SUBSTRATES; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSITION METALS;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; DECOUPLING AND TRANSFER; GRAPHENE EDGES; OXYGEN INTERCALATION; TRANSITION METAL CATALYSTS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84944396208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01841     Document Type: Article

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