Single-step synthesis of PtRu/N-doped graphene for methanol electrocatalytic oxidation

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 439-451

  Xu, Xiao ^a   Zhou, Yingke ^a   Lu, Jiming ^a   Tian, Xiaohui ^a   Zhu, Hongxi ^a   Liu, Jiangbo ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrocatalyst; Methanol oxidation reaction; Nitrogen doped graphene; PtRu alloy nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE TECHNIQUES; IMPROVED ACTIVITIES; METHANOL ELECTROCATALYTIC OXIDATION; METHANOL OXIDATION REACTIONS; N-METHYL-2-PYRROLIDONE; NITROGEN-DOPED GRAPHENE; PT-RU ALLOY NANOPARTICLES; SINGLE-STEP SYNTHESIS;

CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); DOPING (ADDITIVES); DURABILITY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; IONIC LIQUIDS; METHANOL; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PLATINUM ALLOYS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84893184471     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.12.062     Document Type: Article

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