Microwave deposition of Pt catalysts on carbon nanotubes with different oxidation levels for formic acid oxidation

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 10345-10353

  Hsieh, Chien Te ^a   Gu, Jun Lun ^a   Tzou, Dong Ying ^a   Chu, Ying Ching ^a   Chen, Yu Chia ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Microwave deposition; Oxidation of formic acid; Oxygen functionalities; Pt catalysts

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYST SUPPORTS; CATALYSTS; DEPOSITION; ELECTROOXIDATION; FORMIC ACID; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; YARN;

FORMIC ACID ELECTROOXIDATION; FORMIC ACID OXIDATION; LONG TERM STABILITY; MICROWAVE ASSISTED; OXIDATION OF FORMIC ACIDS; PT CATALYSTS; PT NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE OXYGEN FUNCTIONALITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84883134695     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.05.146     Document Type: Article

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