Highly active Pt 3Pb and core-shell Pt 3Pb-Pt electrocatalysts for formic acid oxidation

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2818-2825

  Kang, Yijin ^a   Qi, Liang ^b   Li, Meng ^c   Diaz, Rosa E ^c   Su, Dong ^c   Adzic, Radoslav R ^c   Stach, Eric ^c   Li, Ju ^b   Murray, Christopher B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

core shell; electrocatalysis; formic acid oxidation; lead; nanocrystal; nanostructure; platinum

Indexed keywords

CO POISONING; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; CORE-SHELL; CORE-SHELL NANOCRYSTALS; DIRECT FORMIC ACID FUEL CELLS; FORMIC ACID OXIDATION; FUEL CELL APPLICATION; HIGH ACTIVITY; INDIRECT REACTIONS; OPERATING VOLTAGE; POISONING EFFECTS; SOLUTION PHASE SYNTHESIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYSIS; FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID FUEL CELLS (FAFC); LEAD; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

PLATINUM;

EID: 84859119880     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3003373     Document Type: Article

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