Heat-treated platinum nanoparticles embedded in nitrogen-doped ordered mesoporous carbons: Synthesis, characterization and their electrocatalytic properties toward methanol-tolerant oxygen reduction

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 15060-15067

  Liu, Shou Heng ^a   Chen, Shih Che ^a   Sie, Wun Hu ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mesoporous carbon; Methanol resistance; Nitrogen doping; Oxygen reduction reaction; Platinum

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION DESORPTION ISOTHERMS; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; CARBON SOURCE; CARBON SUPPORT; CARBONIZATION TEMPERATURES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; HARD TEMPLATES; HIGH SURFACE AREA; MESOPOROUS CARBON; MESOPOROUS SILICA; N-DOPED; NITROGEN-DOPED; NITROGEN-DOPING; ORDERED MESOPOROUS CARBON; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PLATINUM NANOPARTICLES; PT NANOPARTICLES; PT PRECURSORS; WELL-DISPERSED;

ADSORPTION; CARBONIZATION; DESORPTION; DYES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; METHANOL; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PYROLYSIS; SILICA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

PLATINUM;

EID: 80054680385     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.08.083     Document Type: Article

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