High dispersion and electrocatalytic properties of platinum on well-aligned carbon nanotube arrays

Carbon

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 191-197

  Tang, H ^a   Chen, J H ^a   Huang, Z P ^b   Wang, D Z ^b   Ren, Z F ^b   Nie, L H ^a   Kuang, Y F ^a   Yao, S Z ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes, electrodes; B. Chemical vapor deposition; D. Electrochemical properties

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST SUPPORTS; COMPOSITION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; MORPHOLOGY; PLATINUM; REDOX REACTIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTROCATALYSIS; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0344308338     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2003.10.023     Document Type: Article

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