Adsorbate-mediated strong metal-support interactions in oxide-supported Rh catalysts

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 120-127

  Matsubu, John C ^a   Zhang, Shuyi ^b,c   DeRita, Leo ^a   Marinkovic, Nebojsa S ^d   Chen, Jingguang G ^d,e   Graham, George W ^b,c   Pan, Xiaoqing ^b,f   Christopher, Phillip ^a,g  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Brookhaven National Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85015243658     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NCHEM.2607     Document Type: Article

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