Y-junction nanostructures of palladium: Enhanced electrocatalytic properties for fuel cell reactions

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 627, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 58-62

  Subhramannia, Mahima ^a   Ramaiyan, Kannan ^a   Aslam, Mohammed ^b   Pillai, Vijayamohanan K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Electrocatalysts; Fuel cells; Hierarchical structures; Nanostructure; Porous alumina membrane; Y junctions

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; FUEL CELLS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC ACIDS; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

ALUMINA TEMPLATES; CELL REACTIONS; CHEMICAL VAPORS; ELECTRO-CATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; HIERARCHICAL DESIGNS; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HYDROGEN SEPARATIONS; MOLECULAR-SCALE ELECTRONIC DEVICES; NANOSTRUCTURE; POROUS ALUMINA MEMBRANE; PORTABLE FUEL CELLS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; Y-JUNCTIONS;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 59849096814     PISSN: 15726657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2008.12.021     Document Type: Article

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