Pt-Pd alloy nanoparticle-decorated carbon nanotubes: A durable and methanol tolerant oxygen reduction electrocatalyst

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 38, 2012, Pages

  Ghosh, Sourov ^a   Sahu, Ranjan K ^b   Retna Raj, C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTRON PROBE; ICOSAHEDRAL SHAPE; MASS ACTIVITY; METAL PRECURSOR; METHANOL TOLERANT; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; MOLAR RATIO; OXIDATION OF METHANOL; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; POTENTIAL WINDOWS; PT BLACK; PT NANOPARTICLES; SUBSEQUENT REDUCTION; XPS MEASUREMENTS;

ALLOYS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; IMPREGNATION; METHANOL; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOPARTICLES; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM;

PLATINUM ALLOYS;

ALLOY; CARBON NANOTUBE; METHANOL; OXYGEN; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALLOYS; CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; MATERIALS TESTING; METHANOL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PALLADIUM; PARTICLE SIZE; PLATINUM;

EID: 84866110463     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/38/385602     Document Type: Article

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