Enhanced methanol electro-oxidation activity of PtNi alloy nanoparticles on the large surface area porous carbon

Rare Metals

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages 42-47

  Sun, Shijiao ^a   Gao, Qiuming ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alloy catalysts; Fuel cell; High surface area; Methanol oxidation; Porous carbon

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE MEDIA; ALLOY CATALYST; ALLOY FORMATION; AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CHEMICAL REDUCTION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMOGRAMS; DEGREE OF AGGLOMERATION; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; HIGH SURFACE AREA; LARGE SURFACE AREA; METAL LOADINGS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METHANOL ELECTROOXIDATION; METHANOL OXIDATION; MICROPORE VOLUMES; NITROGEN SORPTION; POROUS CARBONS; PT-NI ALLOYS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALKALINITY; ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); DISPERSIONS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROOXIDATION; FUEL CELLS; METHANOL FUELS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SORPTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

METHANOL;

EID: 84856120458     PISSN: 10010521     EISSN: 18677185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12598-011-0234-4     Document Type: Article

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