PdCu Nanoalloy Electrocatalysts in Oxygen Reduction Reaction: Role of Composition and Phase State in Catalytic Synergy

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 46, 2015, Pages 25906-25913

  Wu, Jinfang ^a,b   Shan, Shiyao ^b   Luo, Jin ^b   Joseph, Pharrah ^b   Petkov, Valeri ^c   Zhong, Chuan Jian ^b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

activity composition synergy; atomic pair distribution function; fuel cells; nanocatalysts; oxygen reduction reaction; palladium copper alloy; synchrotron X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CATALYSTS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISSOLUTION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PALLADIUM; PHASE STRUCTURE; REDUCTION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE SEGREGATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ATOMIC PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; NANOCATALYSTS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PALLADIUM-COPPER ALLOYS; SYNCHROTRON X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84948673239     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b08478     Document Type: Article

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