The effect of experimental parameters on the synthesis of carbon nanotube/nanofiber supported platinum by polyol processing techniques

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1276-1284

  Knupp, Seth L ^a   Li, Wenzhen ^a   Paschos, Odysseas ^a   Murray, Thomas M ^a   Snyder, Jeremy ^a   Haldar, Pradeep ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CARBON; CARBON BLACK; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUEL CELLS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; METALS; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MICROWAVES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLATINUM; PLATINUM METALS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; VOLTAMMETRY; WATER CONTENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BET SURFACE AREAS; CARBON NANOFIBER; CARBON NANOTUBE; CARBON SUPPORTS; CORROSION; DEPOSITION CONDITIONS; DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES; ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE SURFACE AREA; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; HIGH SURFACE AREA; METAL LOADINGS; PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; PT LOADINGS; REFLUXING; SUPPORTED CATALYSTS; SUPPORTED PT; SURFACE AREA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

EID: 47149118315     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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