title: Highly efficient submonolayer Pt-decorated Au nano-catalysts for formic acid oxidation.
abstract: A novel structure of catalyst, submonolayer Pt-decorated Au, has been synthesized with minimal use of Pt and shows markedly improved activity toward formic acid oxidation where it facilitates the direct oxidation of formic acid by suppressing the formation of poisonous species COads via the "ensemble" effect.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
authors.forename: Noel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kristian
authors.forename: Yushan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D005561:Formates / Q000737:chemistry*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010984:Platinum / Q000737:chemistry*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D005561:Formates; C030544:formic acid; D010984:Platinum; D006046:Gold; D002248:Carbon Monoxide