High-activity, durable oxygen reduction electrocatalyst: Nanoscale composite of platinum-tantalum oxyphosphate on vulcan carbon

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1977-1981

  Garsany, Yannick ^a,b   Epshteyn, Albert ^a   Purdy, Andrew P ^a   More, Karren L ^c   Swider Lyons, Karen E ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EXCET INC   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SUPPORT; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CYCLING; ELECTROCHEMICAL SURFACE AREA; NANO SCALE; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYPHOSPHATES; PT/VULCAN CARBON; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY;

ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; LITHIUM BATTERIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXYGEN; ROTATING DISKS; TANTALUM;

PLATINUM;

EID: 77954274500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100681g     Document Type: Article

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