Nickel-cobalt bimetallic anode catalysts for direct urea fuel cell

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Xu, Wei ^a   Zhang, Huimin ^a   Li, Gang ^a   Wu, Zucheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; NICKEL; UREA;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; URINE;

CATALYSIS; COBALT; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; HUMANS; NICKEL; PARTICLE SIZE; UREA; URINE;

EID: 84906811060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05863     Document Type: Article

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