A Highly Active and Alcohol-Tolerant Cathode Electrocatalyst Containing Ag Nanoparticles Supported on Graphene

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 127, Issue , 2014, Pages 146-152

  Jiang, Rongzhong ^a   Moton, Elizabeth ^b   McClure, Joshua P ^a   Bowers, Zachary ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol tolerant catalysts; Alkaline fuel cell; Graphene nano platelets; ORR; Silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; COATED ELECTRODES; HALF-WAVE POTENTIAL; NANO-PLATELETS; ORR; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; TETRAALKYL AMMONIUM HYDROXIDES; ULTRASOUND TREATMENTS;

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; COATED WIRE ELECTRODES; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GRAPHENE; IONIZATION OF GASES; NANOPARTICLES; PLATELETS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SILVER;

EID: 84896750895     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.01.134     Document Type: Article

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