Methanol-tolerant carbon aerogel-supported Pt-Au catalysts for direct methanol fuel cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 873-876

  Zhu, Hong ^a   Guo, Zhijun ^b   Zhang, Xinwei ^b   Han, Kefei ^a   Guo, Yubao ^b   Wang, Fanghui ^a   Wang, Zhongming ^a   Wei, Yongsheng ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon aerogel; Direct methanol fuel cell; Electrocatalyst; Microwave assisted polyol process; Pt Au

Indexed keywords

CARBON AEROGELS; DIRECT METHANOL; METHANOL OXIDATION; METHANOL TOLERANCE; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED POLYOL PROCESS; PT CATALYSTS; PT-AU;

AEROGELS; CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST SUPPORTS; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GOLD;

EID: 84655169578     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.04.032     Document Type: Article

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