Improving the activity and stability of a Pt/C electrocatalyst for direct methanol fuel cells

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 163-169

  Qi, Jing ^a,b   Yan, Shiyou ^a,b   Jiang, Qian ^a,b   Liu, Ying ^a   Sun, Gongquan ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYST SUPPORT; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; KETJEN BLACK; MESOPORE VOLUME; MODIFIED POLYOL PROCESS; NICKEL NITRATE; NITROGEN ADSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; PT ELECTROCATALYSTS; SINGLE CELLS;

CELL MEMBRANES; COBALT; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; FUEL CELLS; GAS ADSORPTION; GRAPHITE; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; PLATINUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROCATALYSTS;

EID: 70350015367     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.08.044     Document Type: Article

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