Electrocatalytic enhancement of methanol oxidation by graphite nanofibers with a high loading of PtRu alloy nanoparticles

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-33

  Park, In Su ^a   Park, Kyung Won ^b   Choi, Jong Ho ^c   Park, Chong Rae ^a   Sung, Yung Eun ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYSIS; FIELD EMISSION; GRAPHITE; NANOFIBERS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION; PLATINUM ALLOYS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFCS); ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; GRAPHITE NANOFIBERS (GNFS); METAL PARTICLES;

METHANOL;

EID: 34347337633     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2006.08.011     Document Type: Article

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