Abstract
We demonstrate that gold nanoparticles can become catalytically active for the electrochemical hydrogen oxidation reaction by a sonication treatment. Experimental data and theoretical calculations indicate that the activity arises from the supercooled molten state of gold nanoparticles which are enriched with coordinatively unsaturated gold atoms.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5656-5658 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Chemical Communications |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 31 |
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| State | Published - 21 Aug 2010 |