• DOI:10.1021/nl101642f
• Corpus ID: 207746280

Resolving the structure of active sites on platinum catalytic nanoparticles.

@article{Chang2010ResolvingTS,
  title={Resolving the structure of active sites on platinum catalytic nanoparticles.},
  author={Lan Chang and Amanda S. Barnard and Lionel C. Gontard and Rafal E. Dunin‐Borkowski},
  journal={Nano letters},
  year={2010},
  volume={10 8},
  pages={
          3073-6
        }
}

• Lan Chang, A. Barnard, +1 author R. Dunin‐Borkowski
• Published 28 July 2010
• Chemistry
• Nano letters

Accurate understanding of the structure of active sites is fundamentally important in predicting catalytic properties of heterogeneous nanocatalysts. We present an accurate determination of both experimental and theoretical atomic structures of surface monatomic steps on industrial platinum nanoparticles. This comparison reveals that the edges of nanoparticles can significantly alter the atomic positions of monatomic steps in their proximity, which can lead to substantial deviations in the catalytic properties compared with the extended surfaces.