Comparative electrocatalytic oxidation of ethanol, ethylene glycol and glycerol in alkaline medium at Pd-decorated FeCo@Fe/C core-shell nanocatalysts

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 279-286

  Fashedemi, Omobosede O ^a   Ozoemena, Kenneth I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

electrocatalysis; ethanol oxidation; ethylene glycol oxidation; glycerol oxidation; Palladium based core shell nanocatalyst

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYSIS; ETHANOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCEROL; POLYOLS; RATE CONSTANTS;

ELECTRO-CATALYTIC OXIDATION; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCATALYTIC RATE CONSTANT; ETHANOL OXIDATION; GLYCEROL OXIDATION; GLYCOL OXIDATION; NANO-CATALYST;

OXIDATION;

EID: 84899410641     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.10.194     Document Type: Article

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