Unusual Activity Trend for CO Oxidation on PdxAu140-x@Pt Core@Shell Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2562-2568

  Luo, Long ^a   Zhang, Liang ^a,c   Henkelman, Graeme ^a,c   Crooks, Richard M ^b,c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

CO oxidation; core@shell; Cu UPD; deformation; DFT; PdAu; PdAu@Pt

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; DEFORMATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION; PLATINUM;

CO OXIDATION; CORE SHELL; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES; DENDRIMER ENCAPSULATED NANOPARTICLES; DFT; ELECTRO-CATALYTIC OXIDATION; PDAU;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84947745738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00985     Document Type: Article

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