Cobalt/copper-decorated carbon nanofibers as novel non-precious electrocatalyst for methanol electrooxidation

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Barakat, Nasser A M ^a,b   El Newehy, Mohamed ^c,d   Al Deyab, Salem S ^c   Kim, Hak Yong ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Minia University   (Egypt)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Decorated carbon nanofibers; Electrospinning; Fuel cells; Methanol electrooxidation; Non precious catalyst

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CARBON NANOFIBERS; COBALT ALLOYS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; COPPER ALLOYS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROOXIDATION; ELECTROSPINNING; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITIZATION; METHANOL; NANOPARTICLES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; TRANSITION METALS;

COPPER ACETATE MONOHYDRATE; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; FUEL CELL APPLICATION; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; METHANOL ELECTROOXIDATION; NON-PRECIOUS CATALYSTS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

NANOCATALYSTS;

EID: 84892529438     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-2     Document Type: Article

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