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Cover Picture: Changing the Activity of Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction by Tuning the Surface Electronic Structure (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 18/2006)
Author(s) -
Stamenkovic Vojislav,
Mun Bongjin Simon,
Mayrhofer Karl J. J.,
Ross Philip N.,
Markovic Nenad M.,
Rossmeisl Jan,
Greeley Jeff,
Nørskov Jens K.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200690063
Subject(s) - platinum , oxygen reduction , catalysis , oxygen , oxygen reduction reaction , cobalt , electronic structure , chemistry , transition metal , cover (algebra) , front cover , electrocatalyst , materials science , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , photochemistry , inorganic chemistry , electrochemistry , computational chemistry , electrode , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering
Alloying platinum surfaces … … with 3d transition metals makes better cathodes for fuel cells. In their Communication on page 2897 ff., J. K. Nørskov and co‐workers show that this process results in a tuning of the electronic structure of the surface and increases its catalytic activity for the oxygen reduction reaction. The cover picture shows how a wave function involving oxygen p and surface platinum d states in Pt 3 Co is influenced by cobalt atoms in the second layer.