FePt nanoalloys anchored reduced graphene oxide as high-performance electrocatalysts for formic acid and methanol oxidation

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 604, Issue , 2014, Pages 286-291

  Guo, Jinxue ^a   Sun, Yanfang ^a   Zhang, Xiao ^a   Tang, Lin ^a   Liu, Hongtian ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Catalyst; Composite materials; Fuel cells; Nanostructured materials

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DURABILITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FORMIC ACID; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHENE; IRON ALLOYS; METHANOL; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROCATALYTIC; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPIES (EDS); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; METHANOL OXIDATION; PT NANOPARTICLES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO);

CATALYTIC OXIDATION;

EID: 84898816403     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.03.077     Document Type: Article

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