Nanoporous gold anode catalyst for direct borohydride fuel cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 10319-10326

  Nagle, Lorraine C ^a   Rohan, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Borohydride; Direct borohydride fuel cell; Gold; Nanoporous gold

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; ANODE CATALYSTS; BOROHYDRIDE OXIDATION; BOROHYDRIDES; DEALLOYING; HIGH POTENTIAL; N VALUE; NANOPOROUS GOLD; NEGATIVE POTENTIAL; ONSET POTENTIAL; OXIDATION CURRENTS; OXIDATION PEAK; WIRE ARRAYS;

CATALYSTS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIRECT BOROHYDRIDE FUEL CELLS (DBFC); ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; SILVER; VANADIUM; WIRE;

GOLD;

EID: 79960930509     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.09.077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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