Facile electrochemical synthesis of a conducting copolymer from 5-aminoindole and EDOT and its use as Pt catalyst support for formic acid electrooxidation

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 751-760

  Yue, Ruirui ^a,b   Yao, Zhangquan ^a   Geng, Jingyi ^a   Du, Yukou ^a   Xu, Jingkun ^b   Yang, Ping ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGXI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3,4 Ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT); 5 Aminoindole; Electrocatalysis; Electrochemical copolymerization; Formic acid; Platinum

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SUPPORTS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROOXIDATION; FORMIC ACID; PLATINUM;

3 ,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE (EDOT); 5-AMINOINDOLE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL COPOLYMERIZATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; FORMIC ACID ELECTROOXIDATION; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; SULFURIC ACID SOLUTION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84878489995     PISSN: 14328488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10008-012-1922-1     Document Type: Article

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