Mesoporous chromium nitride as high performance catalyst support for methanol electrooxidation

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1783-1787

  Yang, Minghui ^a   Guarecuco, Rohiverth ^a   Disalvo, Francis J ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

CrN; fuel cell; mesoporous; methanol electrooxidation; transition metal nitride

Indexed keywords

CRN; FUEL CELL CATALYSTS; MESOPOROUS; METHANOL ELECTROOXIDATION; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; OXIDATION OF SMALL ORGANIC MOLECULES; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; TRANSITION METAL NITRIDES;

CARBON BLACK; CATALYSTS; CHROMIUM; ELECTROOXIDATION; FUEL CELLS; METHANOL; NITRIDES; PLATINUM ALLOYS; REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MESOPOROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 84877790286     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm400304q     Document Type: Article

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