Preparation of low temperature nano-structured ZnO and RhO2 on titanium substrates, and evaluation for phenol electro-catalytic oxidation

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 27-33

  Klink, Michael J ^a   Crouch, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cyclic voltammetry (CV); Metal oxide nano structures; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449528631     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-009-0157-z     Document Type: Article

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