Ordered mesoporous carbons with controlled particle sizes as catalyst supports for direct methanol fuel cell cathodes

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2034-2045

  Joo, Sang Hoon ^a   Lee, Hyung Ik ^b   You, Dae Jong ^a   Kwon, Kyungjung ^a   Kim, Jin Hoe ^b   Choi, Yeong Suk ^a   Kang, Min ^b   Kim, Ji Man ^b   Pak, Chanho ^a   Chang, Hyuk ^a   Seung, Doyoung ^a  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^b BK21 School of Chemical Materials Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON TUBES; FUEL CELLS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PLATINUM; SILICA; SILICATES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

A CARBONS; BET SURFACE AREAS; CATALYST UTILIZATION EFFICIENCIES; CONTROLLED PARTICLE SIZES; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS; MORPHO-LOGIES; ORDERED MESOPOROUS CARBONS; ORDERED MESOPOROUS SILICAS; OXYGEN REDUCTIONS; PRIMARY PARTICLES; PT NANOPARTICLES; SILICA SOURCES; SODIUM SILICATES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; SUPPORTED CATALYSTS; UNIFORM MESOPORES;

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

EID: 54949119930     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.08.015     Document Type: Article

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