Facile synthesis of palladium-graphene nanocomposites and theircatalysis for electro-oxidation of methanol and ethanol

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 570-576

  Zhang, Yuting ^a   Shu, Honghui ^a   Chang, Gang ^a   Ji, Kai ^a   Oyama, Munetaka ^b   Liu, Xiong ^a   He, Yunbin ^a  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Direct alcohol fuel cell; Electro oxidation; Graphene; Pd nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ELECTROOXIDATION; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONIC LIQUIDS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMOGRAMS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; FACILE SYNTHESIS; GRAPHENE COMPOSITES; GRAPHENE NANOCOMPOSITES; GRAPHENE SHEETS; ONE POT PROCESS; PD NANO PARTICLE;

DIRECT ALCOHOL FUEL CELLS (DAFC);

EID: 84882527527     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.07.068     Document Type: Article

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