Performance of ethanol electro-oxidation on Ni-Cu alloy nanowires through composition modulation

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Tian, Xi Ke ^a,b   Zhao, Xiao Yu ^a   Zhang, Li De ^b   Yang, Chao ^a   Pi, Zhen Bang ^a   Zhang, Su Xin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; DIRECT ETHANOL FUEL CELLS (DEFC); ELECTROOXIDATION; ETHANOL; NICKEL ALLOYS; POROUS MATERIALS;

ANODIC ALUMINA MEMBRANE (AAM); COMPOSITION MODULATION; NANOWIRE ARRAYS;

NANOWIRES;

ALCOHOL; ALLOY; ALUMINUM OXIDE; COPPER; NANOWIRE; NICKEL;

ALCOHOL OXIDATION; ARTICLE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRODE; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 43249091562     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/21/215711     Document Type: Article

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