Easy decoration of carbon nanotubes with well dispersed gold nanoparticles and the use of the material as an electrocatalyst

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1146-1151

  Shi, Yu ^a   Yang, Ruizhi ^a   Yuet, Pak K ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ETHANOL; GOLD; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; OXYGEN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; AU PARTICLES; BEFORE AND AFTER; CATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; GOLD NANO PARTICLES; HIGH DISPERSIVITY; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTIONS; SEM AND TEM; SIMPLE METHODS; UV-VIS SPECTRUM; WEIGHT RATIOS; WELL-DISPERSED;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 59649114344     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.12.049     Document Type: Article

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