Facile synthesis of clean Pt nanoparticles supported on reduced graphene oxide composites: Their growth mechanism and tuning of their methanol electro-catalytic oxidation property

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 779-783

  Wu, Genghuang ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Huang, Huang ^a   Chen, Xiaomei ^b   Cai, Zhixiong ^c   Jiang, Yaqi ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIMEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrocatalysis; Fuel cells; Pt nanoparticles; Reduced graphene oxide

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHENE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METHANOL; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; REDOX REACTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRO-CATALYTIC OXIDATION; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; PT NANOPARTICLES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

CATALYTIC OXIDATION;

EID: 84883722532     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.08.073     Document Type: Article

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