Graphene-induced Pd nanodendrites: A high performance hybrid nanoelectrocatalyst

Nano Research

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 635-643

  Sahu, Subash Chandra ^a   Samantara, Aneeya K ^a   Dash, Ajit ^a   Juluri, R R ^b   Sahu, Ranjan K ^c   Mishra, B K ^a   Jena, Bikash Kumar ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (India)

^c NATIONAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

methanol oxidation; nanodendrites; reduced graphene; surface poisoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883807344     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-013-0339-1     Document Type: Article

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