Synthesis of Au/C catalyst with high electrooxidation activity

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 159-164

  Yan, Shaohui ^a   Gao, Lizhen ^a,b   Zhang, Shichao ^c   Zhang, Weike ^a   Li, Yuzhen ^a   Gao, Lili ^a  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrocatalysis; Electrochemical oxidation; Methanol; Nanogold catalyst; Nanomaterials

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL MOLECULES; AU NANOPARTICLE; AU/C CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REDUCTION METHODS; D. TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES (TEM); INTRINSIC PROPERTY; NANO-GOLD; SURFACE CHEMICAL STATE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ELECTROOXIDATION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GOLD; METHANOL; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTRONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84875152380     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.01.087     Document Type: Article

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