Preliminary studies of the electrochemical performance of Pt/X@MoO 3/C (X = Mo2C, MoO2, Mo0) catalysts for the anode of a DMFC: Influence of the Pt loading and Mo-phase

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 7811-7821

  Guillen Villafuerte O ^a   Garcia G ^a,b   Rodriguez J L ^a   Pastor, E ^a   Guil Lopez R ^b   Nieto, E ^b   Fierro, J L G ^b  

^a Instituto Universitario de Materiales y Nanotecnología   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CATÁLISIS Y PETROLEOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbothermal reduction method; CO stripping; DMFC; Methanol oxidation; Molybdenum carbide; Pt loading

Indexed keywords

CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION METHOD; CO STRIPPING; METHANOL OXIDATION; MOLYBDENUM CARBIDE; PT LOADING;

CARBIDES; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); METHANOL; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84879085695     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.04.083     Document Type: Article

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