Excellent electrocatalytic performance of Pt nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide nanosheets prepared by a direct redox reaction between Na 2PtCl4 and graphene oxide

Carbon

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 617-626

  Li, Feihui ^a   Guo, Yongqin ^b   Liu, Yue ^b   Yan, Jing ^b   Wang, Wei ^b   Gao, Jianping ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROOXIDATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHENE; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METHANOL; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSHEETS; PLATINUM; REDOX REACTIONS; SODIUM; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY AND STABILITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEET; OXIDATION OF METHANOL; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84892779709     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.10.035     Document Type: Article

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