Electrooxidation of NaBH4 in Alkaline Medium on Well-defined Pt Nanoparticles Deposited onto Flat Glassy Carbon Substrate: Evaluation of the Effects of Pt Nanoparticle Size, Inter-Particle Distance, and Loading

Electrocatalysis

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 288-300

  Olu, Pierre Yves ^a,b   Barros, Caio Ribeiro ^a   Job, Nathalie ^b   Chatenet, Marian ^a,c  

^a LEPMI   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c French University Institute   (France)

Author keywords

Borohydride oxidation reaction (BOR); Inter particle distance effect; Particle size effect; Pt loading effect; Well defined Pt glassy carbon nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901918935     PISSN: 18682529     EISSN: 18685994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12678-014-0195-0     Document Type: Article

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