The influence of boron dopant on the electrochemical properties of graphene as an electrode material and a support for Pt catalysts

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 582-589

  Bo, Xiangjie ^a   Li, Mian ^a   Han, Ce ^a   Guo, Liping ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boron dopant; Defective sites; Graphene; Methanol oxidation; Platinum electrocatalysts

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SUPPORTS; DISPERSIONS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCATALYSTS; GRAPHENE; METHANOL; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC ACIDS;

BORON-DOPED GRAPHENE; DEFECTIVE SITES; ELECTRON-TRANSFER RESISTANCE; METHANOL OXIDATION; MODIFIED ELECTRODES; OXIDATION OF METHANOL; PLATINUM ELECTROCATALYSTS; UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84887366721     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.10.088     Document Type: Article

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