Methanol oxidation reaction activity of microwave-irradiated and heat-treated Pt/Co and Pt/Ni nano-electrocatalysts

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 33, 2014, Pages 18871-18881

  Mathe, Ntombizodwa R ^a,b   Scriba, Manfred R ^a   Coville, Neil J ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CO poisoning; Fuel cells; Methanol oxidation reaction; Microwave irradiation; Platinum nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; BINARY ALLOYS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COBALT; COBALT ALLOYS; COBALT METALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; FUEL CELLS; IRRADIATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METHANOL; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PLATINUM METALS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SURFACE SEGREGATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TUNGSTEN METALLOGRAPHY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYST SURFACES; CO POISONING; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; METHANOL OXIDATION REACTIONS; NON NOBLE TRANSITION METALS; PLATINUM NANO-PARTICLES; SURFACE ATOMIC RATIO; SYNTHESIS PROCESS;

NICKEL METALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84908233798     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.09.070     Document Type: Article

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