Single-walled carbon nanotube-supported platinum nanoparticles as fuel cell electrocatalysts

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2841-2846

  Lafuente, Esperanza ^a   Muñoz, Edgar ^a   Benito, Ana M ^a   Maser, Wolfgang K ^a   Martínez, M Teresa ^a   Alcaide, Francisco ^b   Ganborena, Larraitz ^b   Cendoya, Ione ^b   Miguel, Oscar ^b   Rodríguez, Javier ^b   Urriolabeitia, Esteban P ^c   Navarro, Rafael ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CARBOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

^b Centro de Investigacion Tecnologica En Electroquimica   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; FUEL CELLS; PLATINUM; TOLUENE;

FUEL CELL ELECTROCATALYSIS; PLATINUM SALT CONCENTRATION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33751428720     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0355     Document Type: Article

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