Nanostructured carbon materials as supports in the preparation of direct methanol fuel cell electrocatalysts

Catalysts

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 671-682

  Gálvez, María Elena ^a   Calvillo, Laura ^a   Alegre, Cinthia ^a   Sebastián, David ^a   Suelves, Isabel ^a   Pérez Rodríguez, Sara ^a   Celorrio, Verónica ^a   Pastor, Elena ^b   Pardo, Juan Ignacio ^c   Moliner, Rafael ^a   Lázaro, María Jesús ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CARBOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon; Electrocatalysis; Nanocoils; Nanofibers; Xerogels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906879747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal3030671     Document Type: Article

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