Surfactant-free and template-free electrochemical approach to prepare well-dispersed Pt nanosheets and their high electrocatalytic activities for ammonia oxidation

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 562-566

  Du, X T ^a   Yang, Y ^a   Liu, J ^a   Liu, B ^a   Liu, J B ^b,c   Zhong, C ^a   Hu, W B ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidation; Electrocatalyst; Nanosheet; Platinum; Surfactant free

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; NANOSHEETS; OXIDATION; PLATINUM ALLOYS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMMONIA OXIDATION; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE SURFACE AREAS; MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURES; PT ELECTROCATALYSTS; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; SURFACTANT-FREE; WELL-DISPERSED;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84883530939     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.08.042     Document Type: Article

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