Nontrivial role of carbon nanofibers morphology in binderless Pt nanocatalyst supported electrode

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 4682-4688

  Hamoudi, Zéhira ^a   El Khakani, My Ali ^a   Mohamedi, Mohamed ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofibers; Catalyst support; Methanol electrooxidation; Platinum nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; CATALYTIC BEHAVIOR; COMPOSITE ELECTRODE; METHANOL ELECTROOXIDATION; NANO-CATALYST; NANO-STRUCTURED; OPTIMISATIONS; OPTIMUM ACTIVITY; PLATINUM NANOPARTICLES; PT NANOPARTICLES;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; CATALYST SUPPORTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROOXIDATION; FUEL CELLS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 79953654466     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.01.085     Document Type: Article

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