Monodispersed PtCo nanoparticles on hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide treated graphene as an effective oxygen reduction reaction catalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3739-3747

  Nam, Kwan Woo ^a   Song, Jongchan ^a   Oh, Keun Hwan ^a   Choo, Min Ju ^a   Park, Hyunah ^a   Park, Jung Ki ^a   Choi, Jang Wook ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; CELL PERFORMANCE; COMMERCIAL CATALYST; COVALENT BONDING; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVE SURFACE AREAS; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; FUEL CELL CATHODES; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; GRAPHENE SHEETS; HEXADECYL TRIMETHYL AMMONIUM BROMIDE; INTRINSIC ELECTRONICS; MONO-DISPERSED; NUMBER OF CYCLES; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PT CATALYSTS;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GRAPHENE; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84861616540     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.03.048     Document Type: Article

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