Facile template-free synthesis of pine needle-like Pd micro/nano-leaves and their associated electro-catalytic activities toward oxidation of formic acid

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-6

  Zhou, Rong ^a,b   Zhou, Weiqiang ^a,c   Zhang, Hongmei ^a,b   Du, Yukou ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Wang, Chuanyi ^b   Xu, Jingkun ^c  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c JIANGXI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; FORMATION PROCESS; FORMIC ACID OXIDATION; INDIUM TIN OXIDE SUBSTRATES; NEEDLE-LIKE; PD NANO PARTICLE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TEMPLATE-FREE;

CATALYTIC OXIDATION; FORMIC ACID; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; NEEDLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIN; TIN OXIDES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84862920979     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-381     Document Type: Article

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