Preparation of nanostructured Pd-C-ru composite electrodes for alcohol electrooxidations. Part-II: A study of methanol oxidation by cyclic voltammetry and impedance spectroscopy

Open Catalysis Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 100-106

  Anindita, ^a   Awasthi, R ^a   Madhu, ^a   Singh, R N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs); Electrocatalytic properties; Methanol electrooxidation; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863230005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1876214X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1876214X01104010100     Document Type: Article

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