Composition- and aspect-ratio-dependent electrocatalytic performances of one-dimensional aligned Pt-Ni nanostructures

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 37, 2013, Pages 19091-19100

  Wu, Ping ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   Qian, Yingdan ^a   Hu, Yaojuan ^b   Zhang, Hui ^a   Cai, Chenxin ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING XIAOZHUANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDE; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTRONIC CHARACTERISTICS; METHANOL OXIDATION REACTIONS; ULTRAHIGH ASPECT RATIO;

ANODIC OXIDATION; CATALYST ACTIVITY; NANOSTRUCTURES; NICKEL; PLATINUM;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 84884563555     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4068087     Document Type: Article

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