Ionic liquid-assisted synthesis of pt nanoparticles onto exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets for fuel cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 12126-12136

  Do, Inhwan ^a,b   Drzal, Lawrence T ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b XG Sciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

electrocatalyst; exfoliated graphite nanoplatelet; fuel cell; platinum nanoparticles; room temperature ionic liquid

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SUPPORTS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; FUEL CELLS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OXIDATION RESISTANCE; PLATINUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROCATALYST SUPPORT; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY AND STABILITY; EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE; EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE NANOPLATELETS; PLATINUM NANO-PARTICLES; ROOM TEMPERATURE IONIC LIQUIDS; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL OXIDATIVE STABILITY;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 84906262427     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5012832     Document Type: Article

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