Graphene supported platinum nanoparticles as anode electrocatalyst for direct borohydride fuel cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 17984-17991

  Liu, Xue ^a   Yi, Lanhua ^a   Wang, Xianyou ^a   Su, Jincang ^a   Song, Yunfeng ^a   Liu, Jing ^a  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anode electrocatalyst; Direct borohydride fuel cell; Graphene; Pt nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ANODE ELECTROCATALYST; BOROHYDRIDE OXIDATION; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY AND STABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE SURFACE AREAS; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; PLATINUM NANOPARTICLES; PT NANOPARTICLES; REDUCTION METHOD; SUPPORTED PT; TEM IMAGES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TEM; XRD;

CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIRECT BOROHYDRIDE FUEL CELLS (DBFC); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84868193391     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.09.136     Document Type: Article

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