Dual-frequency ultrasound for designing two dimensional catalyst surface: Reduced graphene oxide-Pt composite

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 409, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-87

  Vinodgopal, K ^a   Neppolian, B ^b,c   Salleh, Najah ^a   Lightcap, Ian V ^d   Grieser, Franz ^c   Ashokkumar, Muthupandian ^c   Ding, Tomas T ^a   Kamat, Prashant V ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual frequency ultrasound; Graphene; Reduced graphene oxide

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; METHANOL; PLATINUM; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CATALYST SURFACES; DUAL FREQUENCY; DUAL-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; GRAPHENE SHEETS; METHANOL OXIDATION; PLATINUM NANOPARTICLES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; ULTRASOUND FREQUENCY;

ULTRASONICS;

GRAPHENE OXIDE; METAL ION; METAL NANOPARTICLE; METHANOL; PLATINUM; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DUAL FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 84863882922     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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