High-performance polypyrrole functionalized PtPd electrocatalysts based on PtPd/PPy/PtPd three-layered nanotube arrays for the electrooxidation of small organic molecules

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Xu, Han ^a   Ding, Liang Xin ^a   Liang, Chao Lun ^a   Tong, Ye Xiang ^a   Li, Gao Ren ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

electrocatalyst; electrodeposition; hybrid Pd PPy PtPd; nanotube array

Indexed keywords

DIRECT FORMIC ACID FUEL CELLS; ELECTROACTIVE SPECIES; ELECTROCATALYTIC REACTIONS; ELECTRON DELOCALIZATION; HYBRID PD/PPY/PTPD; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; SANDWICH-LIKE STRUCTURE; SMALL ORGANIC MOLECULES;

DIRECT ALCOHOL FUEL CELLS (DAFC); ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTROOXIDATION; ETHANOL FUELS; FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID FUEL CELLS (FAFC); METHANOL FUELS; MOLECULES; NANOTUBES; PLATINUM; POLYPYRROLES;

ELECTROCATALYSTS;

EID: 84887459018     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2013.54     Document Type: Article

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