Bulk metallic glass nanowire architecture for electrochemical applications

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2979-2983

  Carmo, Marcelo ^a   Sekol, Ryan C ^a   Ding, Shiyan ^b   Kumar, Golden ^b   Schroers, Jan ^b   Taylor, André D ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bulk metallic glasses; DAFC; electrocatalysts; fuel cells; nanowires; PEMFC

Indexed keywords

BULK METALLIC GLASS; DAFC; ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ETHANOL OXIDATION; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH SURFACE AREA; NANO-IMPRINTING; NOVEL ARCHITECTURE; PEMFC; PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS;

DURABILITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ETHANOL; FUEL CELLS; GLASS; METHANOL; NANOWIRES; PLATINUM;

METALLIC GLASS;

EID: 79955446800     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn200033c     Document Type: Article

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