Electrochemical performance of Pd and Au-Pd core-shell nanoparticles on surface tailored carbon black as catalyst support

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 7152-7160

  Celorrio, V ^a   Montes De Oca, M G ^b   Plana, D ^b   Moliner, R ^a   Fermin D J ^b   Lazaro M J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CARBOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core shell; Formic acid oxidation; Palladium; Surface chemistry

Indexed keywords

ACID TREATMENTS; CARBON SUPPORT; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; COLLOIDAL METHODS; CORE-SHELL; CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES; EFFECT OF THE SUPPORT; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOUR; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; FORMIC ACID OXIDATION; HIGH DENSITY; MESO-PORES; MODIFIED CARBON; ORGANIC MOLECULES; OXIDATION CURRENTS; OXYGENATED SPECIES; PARTICLE-SUBSTRATE INTERACTIONS; PD NANO PARTICLE; PREPARATION METHOD; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDES; SURFACE DENSITY; WORK STUDY; XRD;

CARBON BLACK; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CONTACT ANGLE; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; FORMIC ACID; GOLD; IMPREGNATION; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SODIUM; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

PALLADIUM;

EID: 84858319343     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.12.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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