Catalysis with two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 218-230

  Deng, Dehui ^a   Novoselov, K S ^b   Fu, Qiang ^a   Zheng, Nanfeng ^c   Tian, Zhongqun ^c   Bao, Xinhe ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ATOMIC CRYSTALS; CATALYTIC APPLICATIONS; CATALYTIC MATERIALS; CATALYTIC MECHANISMS; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; NANORIBBON; NANOSHEET;

ATOM; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MATERIAL COATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

EID: 84959932053     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.340     Document Type: Review

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