Synthesis and performance of palladium-based catalysts for methanol and ethanol oxidation in alkaline fuel cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-87

  An, Hao ^a   Pan, Linna ^a   Cui, Hao ^a   Li, Baojv ^a   Zhou, Dandan ^a   Zhai, Jianping ^a   Li, Qin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline media; Direct alcohols fuel cell; Electrocatalyst; Palladium; Tin oxide

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE MEDIA; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVE SURFACE; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ETHANOL OXIDATION REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM);

ALKALINITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHANOL; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PALLADIUM; PHOTOELECTRONS; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROCATALYSTS;

EID: 84877015564     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.03.142     Document Type: Article

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