The synthesis of ionic-liquid-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes decorated with highly dispersed Au nanoparticles and their use in oxygen reduction by electrocatalysis

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1687-1692

  Wang, Zhijuan ^a,b   Zhang, Qixian ^a   Kuehner, Dan ^a   Xu, Xiaoyu ^a   Ivaska, Ari ^b   Niu, Li ^a,b  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GLASS MEMBRANE ELECTRODES; GOLD; HYBRID MATERIALS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; LIQUIDS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AU NANO-PARTICLES; CHEMICAL ROUTES; ELECTRO-CATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; ELECTROCATALYTIC BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONALIZATION; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; GLASSY CARBON ELECTRODES; MULTI-WALLED; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; OXYGEN REDUCTIONS; SYNTHESIS OF; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 53149114453     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.07.020     Document Type: Article

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