Synthesis and characterization of carbon nanotubes decorated with Pt and PtRu nanoparticles and assessment of their electrocatalytic performance

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1243-1253

  Kardimi, Kiriaki ^a   Tsoufis, Theodoros ^a   Tomou, Aphrodite ^a   Kooi, Bart J ^b   Prodromidis, Mamas I ^a   Gournis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Cyclic voltammetry; Electrocatalyst; Nanoparticles; Pt; PtRu

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STRATEGY; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; EXTERNAL SURFACES; FUNCTIONALIZED; HYBRIDS MATERIAL; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; NANOTEMPLATES; OXIDATION OF METHANOL; PT-RU NANOPARTICLES; PTRU; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS;

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHARACTERIZATION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHANOL; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SURFACES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

EID: 84855696493     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.09.143     Document Type: Article

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