Block copolymer lithography of rhodium nanoparticles for high temperature electrocatalysis

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4919-4923

  Boyd, David A ^a   Hao, Yong ^b,d   Li, Changyi ^c,e   Goodwin, David G ^b   Haile, Sossina M ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anode; block copolymer lithography; catalysis; micelle encapsulation; rhodium; solid oxide fuel cells

Indexed keywords

AC IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; BLOCK COPOLYMER LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTER-PARTICLE SPACING; POLY(STYRENE-B-2-VINYL PYRIDINE-B-ETHYLENE OXIDE); RHODIUM NANOPARTICLES;

ANODES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CATALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; HYDRATES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTRONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

RHODIUM;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER; RHODIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PRINTING; TEMPERATURE;

CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; PRINTING; RHODIUM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84879680302     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn400156y     Document Type: Article

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