Methanol electrocatalytic oxidation on Pt nanoparticles on nitrogen doped graphene prepared by the hydrothermal reaction of graphene oxide with urea

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 587-595

  Xu, Xiao ^a   Zhou, Yingke ^a   Yuan, Tao ^a   Li, Yawei ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal reaction; Methanol oxidation reaction; Nitrogen doped grapheme; Pt nanoparticles; Urea

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE TECHNIQUES; HYDROTHERMAL REACTION; METHANOL ELECTROCATALYTIC OXIDATION; METHANOL OXIDATION REACTIONS; NITROGEN-DOPED GRAPHEMES; PT NANOPARTICLES; ULTRAVIOLET-VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTRUM;

CATALYST SUPPORTS; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); DOPING (ADDITIVES); DURABILITY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; METABOLISM; METHANOL; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTRONS; PLATINUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UREA; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84884914066     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.09.038     Document Type: Article

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