Nanoneedle-covered Pd-Ag nanotubes: High electrocatalytic activity for formic acid oxidation

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 49, 2010, Pages 21190-21200

  Lu, Yizhong ^a,b   Chen, Wei ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AG NANORODS; ANNEALING PROCESS; ANODE ELECTROCATALYST; CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; CATALYTIC REACTIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; EIS MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRODE POTENTIALS; ELECTRON TRANSFER KINETICS; FORMIC ACID OXIDATION; GALVANIC DISPLACEMENT; GLASSY CARBON ELECTRODES; HIGH SURFACE AREA; HIGH-RESOLUTION TEM; HOLLOW STRUCTURE; IMPEDANCE RESPONSE; LARGE SURFACE AREA; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PD NANO PARTICLE; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; CATALYSIS; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTROOXIDATION; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; FORMIC ACID; FUEL CELLS; GLASS MEMBRANE ELECTRODES; GLASSY CARBON; ION EXCHANGE; NANONEEDLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; NANOTUBES; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; REACTION KINETICS; SILVER; SILVER HALIDES; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE REACTIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 78650279325     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp107768n     Document Type: Article

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