Core-shell and nanoporous particle architectures and their effect on the activity and stability of Pt ORR electrocatalysts

Topics in Catalysis

Volumn 57, Issue 1-4, 2014, Pages 236-244

  Gan, Lin ^a   Cui, Chunhua ^a   Rudi, Stefan ^a   Strasser, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy; Fuel cell electrocatalyst; Oxygen reduction reaction; Pt alloys; Stability

Indexed keywords

ABERRATION-CORRECTED SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; BIMETALLIC ELECTROCATALYSTS; BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NEAR-SURFACE COMPOSITIONS; ORR ELECTROCATALYSTS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PT ALLOY; RECENT PROGRESS;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; POROSITY; STABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTROCATALYSTS;

EID: 84896325070     PISSN: 10225528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11244-013-0178-z     Document Type: Article

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