Pd nanoparticles on mesoporous tungsten carbide as a non-Pt electrocatalyst for methanol electrooxidation reaction in alkaline solution

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 7798-7804

  Moon, Je Suk ^a   Lee, Young Woo ^a   Han, Sang Beom ^a   Park, Kyung Won ^a  

^a Soongsil University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mesoporous; Methanol electrooxidation reaction; Palladium; Tungsten carbide

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRONEGATIVITY; ELECTROOXIDATION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; METHANOL; NANOPARTICLES; PALLADIUM; PHOTOELECTRONS; TUNGSTEN; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; CARBIDE STRUCTURE; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY AND STABILITY; MESOPOROUS; MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES; METHANOL ELECTROOXIDATION; NON-PT ELECTROCATALYSTS; STRONG INTERACTION;

TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

EID: 84899904885     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.03.154     Document Type: Article

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