The Role of Electrodeposited Pd Catalyst Loading on the Mechanisms of Formic Acid Electro-Oxidation

Electrocatalysis

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 193-203

  Rezaei, Milad ^a   Tabaian, Seyed Hadi ^a   Haghshenas, Davoud Fatmehsari ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Catalyst loading; Formic acid; Mechanisms; Pd nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903739836     PISSN: 18682529     EISSN: 18685994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12678-013-0181-y     Document Type: Article

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