Controlling Hydrogen Activation, Spillover, and Desorption with Pd-Au Single-Atom Alloys

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 480-485

  Lucci, Felicia R ^a   Darby, Matthew T ^b   Mattera, Michael F G ^a   Ivimey, Christopher J ^a   Therrien, Andrew J ^a   Michaelides, Angelos ^b   Stamatakis, Michail ^b   Sykes, E Charles H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ATOMS; CATALYST POISONING; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DESORPTION; HYDROGENATION; TEMPERATURE;

ADSORPTION STRENGTH; AU(111) SURFACES; DISSOCIATIVE ADSORPTION; HYDROGEN ACTIVATION; HYDROGENATION CATALYSIS; LOW TEMPERATURES; SELECTIVE HYDROGENATION; WEAK ADSORPTION;

PALLADIUM;

EID: 84957586988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02400     Document Type: Article

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