Urea assisted electrochemical synthesis of flower-like platinum arrays with high electrocatalytic activity

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 227-232

  Zhang, Ming ^a,c   Lv, Jing Jing ^a   Li, Fang Fang ^c   Bao, Ning ^b   Wang, Ai Jun ^a   Feng, Jiu Ju ^a   Zhou, Dan Ling ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrocatalytic activity; Electrodeposition; Flower like platinum arrays; Urea

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; FLOWER-LIKE PLATINUM ARRAYS; GLASSY CARBON ELECTRODES; METAL NANOSTRUCTURE; ONE-STEP ELECTRODEPOSITIONS;

ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLASS MEMBRANE ELECTRODES; METABOLISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UREA; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84893252584     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.01.054     Document Type: Article

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