Tailoring synthesis conditions of carbon xerogels towards their utilization as pt-catalyst supports for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)

Catalysts

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 466-489

  Alegre, Cinthia ^a   Sebastián, David ^a   Baquedano, Estela ^a   Gálvez, María Elena ^a   Moliner, Rafael ^a   Lázaro, María Jesús ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CARBOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon; Catalyst; Oxygen; Platinum; Reaction; Reduction; Xerogel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889825172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal2040466     Document Type: Article

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