Effect of the relationship between particle size, inter-Particle distance, and metal loading of carbon supported fuel cell catalysts on their catalytic activity

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Corradini, Patricia Gon ^a   Pires, Felipe I ^a   Paganin, Valdecir A ^a   Perez, Joelma ^a   Antolini, Ermete ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Scuola di Scienza dei Materiali   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catalytic activity; Fuel cells; Inter Particle distance; Particle size; Supported catalysts

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CARBON; CATALYST SUPPORTS; DIRECT ETHANOL FUEL CELLS (DEFC); ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FUEL CELLS; PARTICLE SIZE; RUTHENIUM ALLOYS;

CATALYST LAYERS; CATALYST SURFACES; ETHANOL OXIDATION; FUEL CELL CATALYSTS; FUEL CELL ELECTRODES; INTERPARTICLE DISTANCES; PT-RU CATALYSTS; PTRU/C CATALYSTS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

CARBON; PLATINUM; RUTHENIUM;

ALCOHOL OXIDATION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL CATALYST; INTERPARTICLE DISTANCE; METAL LOADING; PARAMETERS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84864476793     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-1080-5     Document Type: Article

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