Breaking the lattice match of Pd on Au(111) nanowires: manipulating the island and epitaxial growth pathways to boost the oxygen reduction reactivity
Jingchun Wang, Xiaoyu Qiu, Keying Su, Siyuan Wang, Jiatian Li, Yawen Tang
Abstract
The Pd atoms respectively select the “Frank–van der Merwe” and “Volmer–Weber” growth mode on Au(111) nanowires by conducting reduction kinetics.
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NanowireEpitaxyKineticsLattice (music)Reactivity (psychology)Materials scienceOxygen reductionOxygenReduction (mathematics)Chemical physicsCrystallographyNanotechnologyChemistryChemical engineeringPhysical chemistryPhysicsElectrodeElectrochemistryMathematicsGeometryEngineeringQuantum mechanicsAlternative medicineOrganic chemistryPathologyAcousticsMedicineLayer (electronics)Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing