Visible-light-assisted electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol using reduced graphene oxide modified Pt nanoflowers-TiO2 nanotube arrays

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 17753-17761

  Zhai, Chunyang ^a   Zhu, Mingshan ^a,b   Bin, Duan ^a   Wang, Huiwen ^a   Du, Yukou ^a   Wang, Chuanyi ^c   Yang, Ping ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c XINJIANG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

electrocatalytic oxidation; graphene; Pt nanoflowers; TiO2 nanotubes; visible light

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHANOL; NANOFLOWERS; NANOTUBES; OXIDATION; OXIDE MINERALS; PLATINUM; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTRO-CATALYTIC OXIDATION; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY AND STABILITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROCESS; PHOTOELECTROCATALYTIC DEGRADATION; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); TIO2 NANOTUBES; VISIBLE LIGHT;

LIGHT;

EID: 84908217707     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am504263e     Document Type: Article

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