Ultra-long pt nanolawns supported on Tio2-coated carbon fibers as 3D hybrid catalyst for methanol oxidation

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Shen, Yu Lin ^a   Chen, Shih Yun ^a   Song, Jenn Ming ^b   Chen, In Gann ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hybrid catalyst; Methanol oxidation; Pt nanowires; Thermally activated photoreduction

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; NANOWIRES; OXIDATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CATALYTIC MATERIALS; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; HYBRID CATALYSTS; HYBRID STRUCTURE; METHANOL OXIDATION; PT NANOWIRES; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; THERMALLY ACTIVATED PHOTOREDUCTION;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84860689290     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-237     Document Type: Article

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