The effect of stabilizing agent on platinum nanoparticles and implications towards the oxygen reduction reaction

Journal of ASTM International

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Blavo, Selasi O ^a   Baldyga, Lyndsey ^a   Sanchez, Maria D ^a   Kuhn, John N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloid chemistry; Fuel cells; Nanoparticles; Platinum; Stability

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS; CAPPING AGENT; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITIES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METAL PRECURSOR; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; OXYGEN REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PLATINUM NANOPARTICLES; POLYVINYL PYRROLIDONE; PT NANOPARTICLES; REDUCTION RATE; STABILIZING AGENTS; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED OXIDATION;

COLLOID CHEMISTRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC ANALYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTS; HEXANE; METAL IONS; METALS; METHANOL; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; POLYPYRROLES; PRECIOUS METALS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SILICA; STABILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 80053950964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1546962X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/JAI103761     Document Type: Article

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