How to make electrocatalysts more active for direct methanol oxidation - avoid PtRu bimetallic alloys!

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 104, Issue 42, 2000, Pages 9772-9776

  Long, Jeffrey W ^a   Stroud, Rhonda M ^a   Swider Lyons, Karen E ^a   Rolison, Debra R ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELLS; METHANOL; OXIDATION; PHASE SEPARATION;

BIMETALLIC ALLOYS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRON-PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; MIXED-PHASE ELECTROCATALYSTS;

RUTHENIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0034297445     PISSN: 10895647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp001954e     Document Type: Article

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