Enhanced activity of Pd nanoparticles supported on Vulcan XC72R carbon pretreated via a modified Hummers method for formic acid electrooxidation

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 274, Issue , 2013, Pages 138-143

  Cao, Jianyu ^a,b   Song, Lingzheng ^a   Tang, Jiali ^a   Xu, Juan ^a,b   Wang, Wenchang ^a   Chen, Zhidong ^a,b  

^a CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory for Solar Cell Materials and Technology of Jiangsu Province   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon support; Direct formic acid fuel cell; Electrooxidation; Modified Hummers method; Palladium nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROOXIDATION; FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID FUEL CELLS (FAFC); HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBON SUPPORT; DIRECT FORMIC ACID FUEL CELLS; ELECTROCATALYTIC REACTIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; FORMIC ACID ELECTROOXIDATION; HUMMERS METHOD; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PALLADIUM NANOPARTICLES;

PALLADIUM;

EID: 84876939934     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.02.133     Document Type: Article

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