Ru@Pt core-shell nanoparticles for methanol fuel cell catalyst: Control and effects of shell composition

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 36, 2013, Pages 16631-16641

  Muthuswamy, Navaneethan ^a   De La Fuente, Jose Luis Gomez ^a   Tran, Dung T ^a   Walmsley, John ^a   Tsypkin, Mikhail ^a   Raaen, Steinar ^a   Sunde, Svein ^a   Rønning, Magnus ^a   Chen, De ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bi functional mechanism; Ligand effect; Methanol oxidation; Successive reduction method; Uncapped Ru@Pt core shell

Indexed keywords

BI-FUNCTIONAL MECHANISMS; CORE-SHELL; LIGAND EFFECT; METHANOL OXIDATION; SUCCESSIVE REDUCTION METHOD;

ALLOYS; CATALYSTS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; LIGANDS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84888008353     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.02.056     Document Type: Article

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