Ammonia electro-oxidation on alloyed PtIr nanoparticles of well-defined size

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2455-2463

  Allagui, Anis ^a   Oudah, Mohamed ^a   Tuaev, Xenia ^b   Ntais, Spyridon ^c   Almomani, Fares ^a   Baranova, Elena A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c INRS EMT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alloy; Ammonia oxidation; PlatinumeIridium nanoparticles; Small angle X ray scattering; Surface oxides

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; AMMONIA; CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DEGRADATION; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROOXIDATION; IRIDIUM; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SCATTERING;

AMMONIA OXIDATION; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; NANOSIZED CATALYSTS; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; SURFACE OXIDE; SURFACE OXYGENATED SPECIES;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84874113220     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.11.079     Document Type: Article

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