Highly active Pt-on-Au catalysts for methanol oxidation in alkaline media involving a synergistic interaction between Pt and Au

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 309-316

  Wang, Jianshe ^a   Shi, Ranran ^a   Guo, Xun ^b   Xi, Jingyu ^b   Zhao, Jianhong ^a   Song, Chengying ^a   Wang, Liucheng ^a   Zhang, Jiujun ^c  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Methanol oxidation reaction; Pt on Au catalysts; Site selective electrodeposition; Synergism

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION SITE; CATALYTIC MECHANISMS; METHANOL OXIDATION; METHANOL OXIDATION REACTIONS; SITE SELECTIVE; SYNERGETIC EFFECT; SYNERGISM; SYNERGISTIC INTERACTION;

CATALYSTS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; EXCITONS; METHANOL;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84893297622     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.01.044     Document Type: Article

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