Polyelectrolyte assisted synthesis and enhanced oxygen reduction activity of Pt nanocrystals with controllable shape and size

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 14043-14049

  Du, Lei ^a   Zhang, Sheng ^a   Chen, Guangyu ^a   Yin, Geping ^a   Du, Chunyu ^a   Tan, Qiang ^a   Sun, Yongrong ^a   Qu, Yunteng ^a   Gao, Yunzhi ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

electrocatalysts; oxygen reduction reactions; platinum nanocrystals; polyelectrolyte; shape control

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTROOXIDATION; NANOCRYSTALS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; POLYELECTROLYTES;

CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; CRYSTALLINE FACETS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY AND STABILITY; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; PLATINUM NANOCRYSTALS; POLY(DIALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE); SHAPE CONTROL; STATE OF THE ART;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84906815218     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am503372f     Document Type: Article

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