Electrochemical fabrication of novel Pt/poly (m-toluidine)/Triton X-100 composite catalyst at the surface of carbon nanotube paste electrode and its application for methanol oxidation

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-63

  Raoof, Jahan Bakhsh ^a   Ojani, Reza ^a   Hosseini, Sayed Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube paste electrode; Methanol; Platinum particles; Poly (m toluidine); Triton X 100

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CARBON NANOTUBE PASTE; CATALYTIC EFFICIENCIES; COMPOSITE CATALYSTS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRIC METHOD; DISPERSION OF PLATINUM; ELECTROCHEMICAL FABRICATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTROCHEMICAL RESPONSE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTRUM; LONG TERM STABILITY; M-TOLUIDINE; MATRIX; METHANOL OXIDATION; METHANOL OXIDATION REACTIONS; MODIFIED ELECTRODES; PLATINUM PARTICLES; POLY (M-TOLUIDINE); POROUS MATRIXS; POTENTIODYNAMIC METHODS; PT PARTICLE; SCAN RATES; SEM; SEM IMAGE; SWITCHING POTENTIAL; TRITON X-100;

CATALYSTS; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; METHANOL; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OXIDATION; PLATINUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 79251640748     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.09.022     Document Type: Article

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