Catalytic Activity and Stability of Oxides: The Role of Near-Surface Atomic Structures and Compositions

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 966-973

  Feng, Zhenxing ^a,b,c   Hong, Wesley T ^a,b   Fong, Dillon D ^c   Lee, Yueh Lin ^b   Yacoby, Yizhak ^a,b,d   Morgan, Dane ^e   Shao Horn, Yang ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84969794894     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00555     Document Type: Article

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