https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2015-60149-7
Regular Article
Catalytic activities of platinum nanotubes: a density functional study
1
Department of Physics, Visva-Bharati, 731235
Santiniketan,
India
2
Department of Physics, Bolpur College, 731204
Bolpur,
India
3 Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University,
23284 Richmond, USA
a
e-mail:
bikashc.gupta@visva-bharati.ac.in
Received: 25 February 2015
Received in final form: 31 May 2015
Published online: 5 October 2015
In this work we investigate the catalytic properties of platinum nanotubes using density functional theory based calculations. In particular, we study the dissociation of hydrogen and oxygen molecules as well as oxidation of CO molecules. The results indicate that platinum nanotubes have good catalytic properties and can be effectively used in converting CO molecule to CO2.
Key words: Mesoscopic and Nanoscale Systems
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2015
