Pt nanodendrites anchored on bamboo-shaped carbon nanofiber arrays as highly efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 36, 2013, Pages 16677-16684

  Wu, Renbing ^a   Xue, Yanhong ^b   Qian, Xukun ^c   Liu, Hai ^c   Zhou, Kun ^a   Chan, Siew Hwa ^a,b   Tey, Ju Nie ^d   Wei, Jun ^d   Zhu, Bin ^e   Huang, Yizhong ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bamboo shaped carbon nanofiber arrays; Electrocatalyst; Fuel cells; Oxygen reduction reaction; Pt nanodendrites

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION METHODS; CARBON NANOFIBER ARRAYS; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCATALYST FOR OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTIONS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY AND STABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; NANODENDRITES; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

BAMBOO; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; PAPER; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84888005588     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.04.037     Document Type: Article

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