Carbon-supported Pt(Cu) electrocatalysts for methanol oxidation prepared by Cu electroless deposition and its galvanic replacement by Pt

Journal of Applied Electrochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 215-224

  Georgieva, J ^a   Valova, E ^a   Mintsouli, I ^b   Sotiropoulos, S ^b   Armyanov, S ^a   Kakaroglou, A ^c   Hubin, A ^c   Steenhaut, O ^c   Dille, J ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Binary electrocatalysts; Electroless deposition; Galvanic replacement; Methanol oxidation

Indexed keywords

CARBON-SUPPORTED CATALYSTS; CU ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENTS; GALVANIC REPLACEMENTS; METHANOL OXIDATION; STEADY STATE CHARACTERISTICS;

CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DEPOSITION; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLESS PLATING; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METHANOL; OXIDATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; PLATINUM; SURFACES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84893698862     PISSN: 0021891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10800-013-0618-2     Document Type: Article

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