Synthesis of an improved hierarchical carbon-fiber composite as a catalyst support for platinum and its application in electrocatalysis

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4534-4542

  Kundu, Shankhamala ^a   Nagaiah, Tharamani Chikka ^a   Chen, Xingxing ^a   Xia, Wei ^a   Bron, Michael ^a,b   Schuhmann, Wolfgang ^a   Muhler, Martin ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CONCENTRATION; BET SURFACE AREA; CARBON CLOTHS; CARBON COMPOSITES; CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; CHEMICAL STATE; ELECTROCATALYTIC OXYGEN REDUCTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDIES; ELECTRODEPOSITED IRON; HIERARCHICAL COMPOSITE; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PRIMARY CARBON; PT CATALYSTS; PT NANOPARTICLES; REDOX MEDIATORS; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURED CATALYST; TEST REACTIONS; TRIMETHYL;

CARBON; CATALYST SUPPORTS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ETHYLENE; METHANE; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTRONS; ROTATING DISKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

PLATINUM;

CARBON; CATALYSTS; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPOSITES; DEPOSITION; ETHYLENE; PLATINUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84863725592     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.05.037     Document Type: Article

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