Effect of carbon nanofiber surface groups on oxygen reduction reaction of supported Pt electrocatalyst

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 157-162

  Zhong, Ren Sheng ^a   Qin, Yuan Hang ^a   Niu, Dong Fang ^a   Zhang, Xin Sheng ^a   Zhou, Xin Gui ^a   Sun, Shi Gang ^b   Yuan, Wei Kang ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofiber; Oxygen reduction reaction; Pt nanoparticle; Surface group

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID GROUPS; EFFECT OF CARBONS; HYDROXYL GROUPS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATIONS; PT NANOPARTICLES; REDUCTION METHOD; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES; SUPPORT MATERIALS; SUPPORTED PT; SURFACE GROUPS; XPS CHARACTERIZATION;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; ROTATING DISKS; SURFACES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITRATION; VOLTAMMETRY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84874423591     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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