Convenient immobilization of Pt-Sn bimetallic catalysts on nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes for direct alcohol electrocatalytic oxidation

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 39, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Xizhang ^a   Xue, Hua ^a   Yang, Lijun ^a   Wang, Huakai ^a   Zang, Pengyuan ^a   Qin, Xintai ^a   Wang, Yangnian ^a   Ma, Yanwen ^b   Wu, Qiang ^a   Hu, Zheng ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; BIMETALLIC CATALYSTS; DIRECT ALCOHOL FUEL CELL; ELECTRO-CATALYTIC OXIDATION; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; LONG TERM STABILITY; LOW COSTS; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED; NITROGEN-DOPED; PTSN ALLOY;

BINDING ENERGY; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FUEL CELLS; ION EXCHANGE; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PLATINUM; TIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

PLATINUM ALLOYS;

ALLOY; CARBON NANOTUBE; NITROGEN; PLATINUM; TIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALLOYS; CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NITROGEN; PLATINUM; TIN;

EID: 80052548729     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/39/395401     Document Type: Article

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