Selectivity on Etching: Creation of High-Energy Facets on Copper Nanocrystals for CO2 Electrochemical Reduction

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 4559-4564

  Wang, Zhenni ^a   Yang, Guang ^a   Zhang, Zhaorui ^a   Jin, Mingshang ^a   Yin, Yadong ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chemical etching; copper; high energy facets; rhombic dodecahedron; surface energy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; COPPER; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ETCHING; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; REDUCTION;

CHEMICAL ETCHING; CONTROLLED CHEMICAL ETCHINGS; COPPER NANOCRYSTALS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTIONS; HIGH-ENERGY FACETS; NANOCRYSTAL FACETS; NANOCRYSTAL SURFACE; RHOMBIC DODECAHEDRON;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84967332860     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b00602     Document Type: Article

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