Pt-Sn nanoparticles decorated carbon nanotubes as electrocatalysts with enhanced catalytic activity

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 30, 2013, Pages 15478-15486

  Hsieh, Chien Te ^a   Chang, Yan Shuo ^a   Yin, Ken Ming ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-FUNCTIONAL MECHANISMS; BIMETALLIC CATALYSTS; ENHANCED CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; FUEL CELL APPLICATION; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; LONG-TERM DURABILITIES; OXIDATION OF METHANOL; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

ALLOYS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST SUPPORTS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TIN;

TIN ALLOYS;

EID: 84881234134     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp402609s     Document Type: Article

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