Carbon-supported Pt0.75M0.25 (M = Ni or Co) electrocatalysts for borohydride oxidation

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 577-583

  Sljukic B ^a   Milikic J ^b   Santos, D M F ^a   Sequeira, C A C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Bimetallic Pt alloys; Carbon supported electrocatalyst; Direct borohydride fuel cells; Sodium borohydride oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIRECT BOROHYDRIDE FUEL CELLS (DBFC); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROOXIDATION; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; NICKEL; OXIDATION; PLATINUM; RATE CONSTANTS; SODIUM; SODIUM ALLOYS;

CARBON SUPPORTED PLATINUM; CHARGE TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITIONS; HETEROGENEOUS RATE CONSTANT; LINEAR-SCAN VOLTAMMETRY; PT ALLOY; SODIUM BORO HYDRIDES; SUPPORTED ELECTROCATALYSTS;

PLATINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84884250076     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.06.040     Document Type: Article

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