Palladium-copper electrocatalyst for promotion of oxidation of formate and ethanol in alkaline media

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 137, Issue , 2014, Pages 654-660

  Noborikawa, Jennifer ^a   Lau, Julie ^a   Ta, Jennine ^a   Hu, Shouzhen ^b   Scudiero, Louis ^b   Derakhshan, Shahab ^c   Ha, Su ^b,d   Haan, John L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alkaline direct liquid fuel cell; Electronic effect; Ethanol oxidation; Formate oxidation; Formic acid oxidation

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BINDING ENERGY; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; COPPER; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ETHANOL; CATALYSTS; OXIDATION;

ALKALINE MEDIA; D-BAND CENTERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; ELECTRONIC EFFECTS; ETHANOL OXIDATION; FORMIC ACID OXIDATION; OXIDATION RATES; REDUCTION METHOD;

PALLADIUM;

EID: 84903839021     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.04.188     Document Type: Article

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