Enhanced electrocatalytic performance for methanol oxidation on Pt-TiO 2/ITO electrode under UV illumination

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 13290-13297

  Zhang, Hongmei ^a   Zhou, Weiqiang ^a,d   Du, Yukou ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Wang, Chuanyi ^b,c   Xu, Jingkun ^d  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JIANGXI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrooxidation; Methanol; Pt nanoparticles; Titanium oxide; UV illumination

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE MEDIUM; AVERAGE SIZE; COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTS; CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRO-CATALYTIC OXIDATION; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; FACE CENTERED CUBIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ITO ELECTRODES; METHANOL ELECTROOXIDATION; METHANOL OXIDATION; NANOCOMPOSITE ELECTRODES; POROUS TIO; PT NANOPARTICLES; RUTILE AND ANATASE; SOL-GEL METHODS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; TEM; TIO; UV ILLUMINATIONS; XRD;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROOXIDATION; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

PLATINUM;

EID: 78049460948     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.09.025     Document Type: Article

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