Electrochemical characterization of a porous Pt nanoparticle "Nanocube-Mosaic" prepared by a modified polyol method with HCl addition

Nano Research

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 746-758

  Jalem, Randy ^a   Koike, Ryosuke ^a   Yang, Yong ^a,b   Nakayama, Masanobu ^a   Nogami, Masayuki ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

Author keywords

catalyst; cyclic voltammetry; methanol oxidation; Platinum; porous nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961031501     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-011-0131-z     Document Type: Article

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