Tuning selectivity of electrochemical reactions by atomically dispersed platinum catalyst

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Choi, Chang Hyuck ^a,b   Kim, Minho ^a   Kwon, Han Chang ^a   Cho, Sung June ^c   Yun, Seongho ^a   Kim, Hee Tak ^a   Mayrhofer, Karl J J ^b,d   Kim, Hyungjun ^a   Choi, Minkee ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NANORIBBON; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; SULFUR; ZEOLITE;

CARBON; CATALYST; DEGRADATION; DISPERSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANOPARTICLE; PLATINUM; REDUCTION; SULFUR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; DISPERSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; REDUCTION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPOR; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84960448205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10922     Document Type: Article

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