Discrete and dispersible hollow carbon spheres for PtRuelectrocatalyst support in DMFCs

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 238-244

  Liu, Pengcheng ^a   Yang, Duanguang ^a   Chen, Hongbiao ^a   Gao, Yong ^a   Li, Huaming ^a  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cell; Electrooxidation; Hollow carbon sphere; Pt; Ru nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROOXIDATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; PYROLYSIS; SILICA; SPHERES;

HOLLOW CARBON SPHERES; METAL LOADINGS; PHENOL FORMALDEHYDE; POLYSTYRENE LATEX PARTICLES; PT-RU NANOPARTICLES; RU NANOPARTICLES; SODIUM BORO HYDRIDES; WELL-DISPERSED;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 84881172545     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.07.157     Document Type: Article

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