Platinum and iron oxide working together get the job done

Platinum and iron oxide working together get the job done
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Sep 17, 2015 - Platinum is a great catalyst and can be used for many different applications. It's expensive stuff though, so tiny platinum nanoparticles sitting on cheap metal oxide materials are used to convert harmful carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide. Using scanning tunnelling microscopes, scientists at TU Vienna have now been able to image the catalytic behaviour of platinum sitting on iron-oxide, ... more

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