Influence of nickel on the electrochemical activity of PtRu/multiwalled carbon nanotubes electrocatalysts for direct methanol fuel cells

Journal of Applied Electrochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 695-700

  Valenzuela Muniz A M ^a,b   Alonso Nunez G ^c   Botte, G G ^d   Miki Yoshida, M ^b   Verde Gomez Y ^a  

^a Instituto Tecnologico de Cancun   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d Ohio University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Methanol electro oxidation; Methanol fuel cells; PtRuNi nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; BINARY ALLOYS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON NANOTUBES; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROOXIDATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRON COMPOUNDS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; NICKEL; NICKEL METALLOGRAPHY; ORGANOMETALLICS; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLATINUM ALLOYS; RUTHENIUM ALLOYS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TERNARY ALLOYS; TUNGSTEN METALLOGRAPHY;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL SURFACE AREA; ELEMENTAL MICROANALYSIS; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; METHANOL ELECTROOXIDATION; METHANOL OXIDATION REACTIONS; PT-RU ELECTROCATALYST; X-RAY ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84903318932     PISSN: 0021891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10800-014-0679-x     Document Type: Article

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