Platinum nanocatalysts prepared with different surfactants for C1-C3 alcohol oxidations and their surface morphologies by AFM

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Ertan, Salih ^a   Şen, Fatih ^a,b   Şen, Selda ^a,b   Gökağaç, Gülsün ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Cyclic voltammetry; Direct alcohol fuel cells; Platinum catalysts; Transmission electron microscopy; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL FUELS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIRECT ALCOHOL FUEL CELLS (DAFC); HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCATALYSTS; OXIDATION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL SURFACE AREA; FACE CENTERED CUBIC STRUCTURE; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PLATINUM CATALYSTS; PLATINUM NANO-PARTICLES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA;

PLATINUM COMPOUNDS;

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; METHANOL; PLATINUM NANOPARTICLE; SURFACTANT; WATER;

ALCOHOL OXIDATION; AMPEROMETRY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NANOCATALYST; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84861809944     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-0922-5     Document Type: Article

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