Nature Communications (Feb 2016)

Creating single-atom Pt-ceria catalysts by surface step decoration

  • Filip Dvořák,
  • Matteo Farnesi Camellone,
  • Andrii Tovt,
  • Nguyen-Dung Tran,
  • Fabio R. Negreiros,
  • Mykhailo Vorokhta,
  • Tomáš Skála,
  • Iva Matolínová,
  • Josef Mysliveček,
  • Vladimír Matolín,
  • Stefano Fabris

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10801
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Single metal atoms promise high catalytic performances, but their implementation in future systems depends on an understanding of how their underlying support medium can offer stabilization. Here, the authors investigate Pt2+on ceria to elucidate this important fundamental consideration.