Controllable synthesis of carbon nanofiber supported Pd catalyst for formic acid electrooxidation

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 7373-7377

  Qin, Yuan Hang ^a,b   Jia, Ya Bo ^b   Jiang, Yue ^a   Niu, Dong Fang ^a   Zhang, Xin Sheng ^a   Zhou, Xing Gui ^a   Niu, Li ^c   Yuan, Wei Kang ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofiber; Formic acid oxidation; Palladium; Trisodium citrate

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CONTROLLABLE SYNTHESIS; FORMIC ACID ELECTROOXIDATION; FORMIC ACID OXIDATION; PH VALUE; SMALL PARTICLE SIZE; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDES; SODIUM CITRATE; STABILIZING AGENTS; SUPPORTED PD; SUPPORTED PD CATALYSTS; SYNTHESIS SOLUTION; TRISODIUM CITRATES;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROOXIDATION; FORMIC ACID; NANOPARTICLES; PALLADIUM; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; SODIUM;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84860283298     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.01.124     Document Type: Article

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