Carbon-coated tungsten oxide nanowires supported Pt nanoparticles for oxygen reduction

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 4633-4638

  Saha, Madhu Sudan ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Cai, Mei ^b   Sun, Xueliang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon coated tungsten oxide nanowires; Catalyst support; Oxygen reduction reaction; Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells; Pt nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION METHODS; COMPOSITE ELECTRODE; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PT NANOPARTICLES; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; SUPPORTED PT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TUNGSTEN OXIDE NANOWIRES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CARBON FIBERS; CATALYST SUPPORTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDES; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84856732682     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.05.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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