AgAu bimetallic janus nanoparticles and their electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction in alkaline media

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 49, 2012, Pages 17143-17152

  Song, Yang ^a   Liu, Ke ^a   Chen, Shaowei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION AND REDUCTION; AG NANOPARTICLE; AG-AU NANOPARTICLES; ALKALINE MEDIA; ASYMMETRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; COMPLEX SOLUTION; DIRECT CONTACT; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; GALVANIC EXCHANGE; LANGMUIR-BLODGETT METHODS; METAL ELEMENTS; NANOPARTICLE SURFACE; ORGANIC CAPPING; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; SOLID SUBSTRATE SURFACES;

CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; LIGANDS; LOADING; METAL NANOPARTICLES;

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EID: 84870945391     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la303513x     Document Type: Article

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