Electrochemical oxidation of ammonia borane on gold electrode

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 174-179

  Zhang, Xin Bo ^a   Han, Song ^a   Yan, Jun Min ^a   Shioyama, Hiroshi ^a   Kuriyama, Nobuhiro ^a   Kobayashi, Tetsuhiko ^a   Xu, Qiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia borane; Cyclic voltammetry; Electrochemical oxidation; Fuel cell; Thiourea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROOXIDATION; FUEL CELLS; HYDROLYSIS; ION EXCHANGE; OXIDATION; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); THIOUREAS; UREA; VOLTAMMETRY;

AMMONIA BORANE; AU ELECTRODES; DIRECT OXIDATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; GOLD ELECTRODES; NUMBER OF ELECTRONS; TAFEL SLOPES; TRANSFER CO-EFFICIENT;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY;

EID: 57949100656     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.09.083     Document Type: Article

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