Clean method for the synthesis of reduced graphene oxide-supported PtPd alloys with high electrocatalytic activity for ethanol oxidation in alkaline medium

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3607-3614

  Ren, Fangfang ^a   Wang, Huiwen ^a   Zhai, Chunyang ^a   Zhu, Mingshan ^c   Yue, Ruirui ^a,b   Du, Yukou ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Xu, Jingkun ^b   Lu, Wensheng ^c  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGXI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

alkaline; electrocatalytic activity; ethanol oxidation; fuel cell; PtPd nanoparticles; reduced graphene oxide

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; FUEL CELLS; NANOPARTICLES; PALLADIUM; PHOTOELECTRONS; PLATINUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ALKALINE; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; ETHANOL OXIDATION; ETHANOL OXIDATION REACTION; INDUCED COUPLED PLASMAS; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84896363375     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am405846h     Document Type: Article

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