Preparation of high active Pt/C cathode electrocatalyst for direct methanol fuel cell by citrate-stabilized method

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-132

  Jiang, Qing Lai ^a   Peng, Zhong Dong ^a   Xie, Xiao Feng ^b   Du, Ke ^a   Hu, Guo Rong ^a   Liu, Ye Xiang ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon support; catalyst; citrate; direct methanol fuel cell; Pt C; reductant

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SURFACES; CARBON SUPPORT; CITRATE; ELECTROCATALYTIC; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; MASS FRACTION; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; PLATINUM NANOPARTICLES; PT NANOPARTICLES; PT/C; REDUCTANTS; STABILIZED METHOD; TEM;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROCATALYSTS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

EID: 79551656378     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(11)60688-2     Document Type: Article

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