Surface evolution of a Pt–Pd–Au electrocatalyst for stable oxygen reduction

Nature Energy

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Li, Jian ^a   Yin, Hui Ming ^a   Li, Xi Bo ^b   Okunishi, Eiji ^c   Shen, Yong Li ^a   He, Jia ^a   Tang, Zhen Kun ^b   Wang, Wen Xin ^a   Yücelen, Emrah ^d   Li, Chao ^a   Gong, Yue ^e   Gu, Lin ^e   Miao, Shu ^f   Liu, Li Min ^b   Luo, Jun ^a   Ding, Yi ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (China)

^c JEOL LTD   (Japan)

^d Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^f DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FREE ENERGY; FUEL CELLS; GOLD ALLOYS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCATALYSTS; OXYGEN; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ABERRATION-CORRECTED SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; BI-LAYER STRUCTURE; FREE ENERGY CHANGE; FUEL CELL CATHODES; INTERFACIAL STRUCTURES; NANO-POROUS CATALYSTS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; STRUCTURAL DEGRADATION;

PALLADIUM ALLOYS;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; OXYGEN; REDUCTION;

EID: 85072067247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20587546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2017.111     Document Type: Article

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