Tuning of size and shape of Au-Pt nanocatalysts for direct methanol fuel cells

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 6347-6364

  Hunyadi Murph, Simona E ^a   Murphy, Catherine J ^b   Colon Mercado, Hector R ^a   Torres, Ricardo D ^a   Heroux, Katie J ^a   Fox, Elise B ^a   Thompson, Lucas B ^b   Haasch, Richard T ^c  

^a SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic nanostructures; Direct methanol fuel cells; Energy conversion; Gold platinum nanocatalysts

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC NANOSTRUCTURES; DIRECT METHANOL; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; LOW TEMPERATURES; METHANOL OXIDATION REACTIONS; METHANOL POISONING; NANOCATALYSTS; NANOPARTICLE GROWTHS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRECISE CONTROL; PT BLACK; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES; SEED MEDIATED; SIZE AND SHAPE; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

ASPECT RATIO; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; GOLD; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOL; ROTATING DISKS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

PLATINUM;

CETRIMIDE; GOLD; METHANOL; PLATINUM; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ELECTRODE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84856853973     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-011-0449-1     Document Type: Article

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