Performance of supported Au-Co alloy as the anode catalyst of direct borohydride-hydrogen peroxide fuel cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 8136-8142

  Pei, Fu ^a   Wang, Ying ^b   Wang, Xianyou ^a   He, Peiying ^a   Chen, Quanqi ^a   Wang, Xingyan ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Yi, Lanhua ^a   Guo, Jia ^b  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anode electrocatalyst; Au Co alloy; Direct borohydride fuel cell; Reverse microemulsion method

Indexed keywords

ANODE CATALYSTS; ANODE ELECTROCATALYST; AU CATALYSTS; AU-CO ALLOY; BOROHYDRIDES; CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; CHRONAMPEROMETRY; CHRONOPOTENTIOMETRY; DIRECT OXIDATION; DISCHARGE CURRENT DENSITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; NANO-SIZED; POWER DENSITIES; REVERSE MICROEMULSION METHOD; VULCAN XC72;

ALLOYS; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; COBALT ALLOYS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIRECT BOROHYDRIDE FUEL CELLS (DBFC); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; GOLD ALLOYS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICROEMULSIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 77955511939     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.01.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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