One-pot synthesis of intermetallic electrocatalysts in ordered, large-pore mesoporous carbon/silica toward formic acid oxidation

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 6870-6881

  Lee, Jinwoo ^a   Shim, Jongmin ^a   Lee, Jaehyuk ^a   Ye, Youngjin ^a   Hwang, Jongkook ^a   Kim, Soo Kil ^b   Lim, Tae Hoon ^c   Wiesner, Ulrich ^d  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

block copolymer; formic acid fuel cell; intermetallic nanoparticles; mesoporous structure; self assembly

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; ANODE CATALYSTS; CO POISONING; CO-ASSEMBLE; DIRECT FORMIC ACID FUEL CELLS; FORMIC ACID OXIDATION; FUEL CELL CATALYSTS; HIGH STABILITY; HYDROPHILIC CARBONS; INTERMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES; LARGE PORES; MASS ACTIVITY; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MESOPOROUS CARBON; MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES; METAL PRECURSOR; ONE-POT SYNTHESIS; ONSET POTENTIAL; PORE WALL SURFACES; SILICA PRECURSORS; SINGLE CELLS; TRIPLE PHASE BOUNDARY; WELL-DISPERSED;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTROCATALYSTS; FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID FUEL CELLS (FAFC); IONOMERS; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM ALLOYS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILICA;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; POWER SUPPLY;

CATALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FORMATES; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84865577025     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn301692y     Document Type: Article

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