Effect of NaBH4 concentration and synthesis temperature on the performance of Pd/C catalyst for formic acid electro-oxidation

Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 176-180

  Chen, Jinwei ^a   Wang, Gang ^a   Wang, Xueqin ^a   Yang, Xin ^a   Zhu, Shifu ^a   Wang, Ruilin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electro oxidation; Formic acid; Fuel cell; Nanoparticles; Palladium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878986901     PISSN: 21585849     EISSN: 21585857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/mex.2013.1109     Document Type: Article

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