Cobalt-polypyrrole-multiwalled carbon nanotube catalysts for hydrogen and alcohol fuel cells

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-11

  Mohana Reddy, Arava Leela ^a   Rajalakshmi, Natarajan ^b   Ramaprabhu, Sundara ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; COBALT; ELECTROCATALYSTS; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN; POLYPYRROLES;

ANODE ELECTROCATALYSTS; DIRECT ETHANOL FUEL CELLS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 38749139904     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2007.10.021     Document Type: Article

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