Angewandte Chemie International EditionVolume 44, Issue 14 p. 2132-2135 Communication Controlling the Catalytic Activity of Platinum-Monolayer Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction with Different Substrates† Junliang Zhang, Junliang Zhang Materials Science Department, Building 555, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA, Fax: (+1) 631-344-5815Search for more papers by this authorMiomir B. Vukmirovic Dr., Miomir B. Vukmirovic Dr. Materials Science Department, Building 555, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA, Fax: (+1) 631-344-5815Search for more papers by this authorYe Xu, Ye Xu Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA, Fax: (+1) 608-262-5434Search for more papers by this authorManos Mavrikakis Prof., Manos Mavrikakis Prof. manos@engr.wisc.edu Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA, Fax: (+1) 608-262-5434Search for more papers by this authorRadoslav R. Adzic Dr., Radoslav R. Adzic Dr. adzic@bnl.gov Materials Science Department, Building 555, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA, Fax: (+1) 631-344-5815Search for more papers by this author Junliang Zhang, Junliang Zhang Materials Science Department, Building 555, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA, Fax: (+1) 631-344-5815Search for more papers by this authorMiomir B. Vukmirovic Dr., Miomir B. Vukmirovic Dr. Materials Science Department, Building 555, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA, Fax: (+1) 631-344-5815Search for more papers by this authorYe Xu, Ye Xu Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA, Fax: (+1) 608-262-5434Search for more papers by this authorManos Mavrikakis Prof., Manos Mavrikakis Prof. manos@engr.wisc.edu Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA, Fax: (+1) 608-262-5434Search for more papers by this authorRadoslav R. Adzic Dr., Radoslav R. Adzic Dr. adzic@bnl.gov Materials Science Department, Building 555, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA, Fax: (+1) 631-344-5815Search for more papers by this author First published: 22 March 2005 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200462335Citations: 954 † Work at BNL was supported by the Divisions of Chemical and Material Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy (Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886). Work at UW-Madison was supported by NSF-CTS and DOE-BES and used CPU time at NPACI, DOE-NERSC, and PNNL supercomputing centers. Y.X. and M.M. thank Denise Ford, Amit Gokhale, and Shampa Kandoi for their valuable help. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Abstract Peak performance: Electrochemical experiments show that the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on platinum monolayers supported on various transition metals exhibits a volcano-type behavior (see graph). Calculations reveal that bond-breaking occurs more easily as bond-making becomes harder, and why the Pd-supported Pt monolayer (PtML/Pd(111)) has higher ORR activity than pure Pt(111). Citing Literature Volume44, Issue14March 29, 2005Pages 2132-2135 RelatedInformation