Effect of support materials on the performance of direct ethanol fuel cell anode catalyst

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 28, 2014, Pages 15956-15966

  Goel, Jyoti ^a   Basu, Suddhasatwa ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Direct ethanol fuel cell; Electro catalysts; Ethanol electro oxidation; Mesoporous carbon nitride; Platinum ruthenium catalyst

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CARBON NITRIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIRECT ETHANOL FUEL CELLS (DEFC); ELECTROOXIDATION; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; OXIDATION; PLATINUM ALLOYS; RUTHENIUM ALLOYS;

BIMETALLIC CATALYSTS; EFFECT OF SUPPORTS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ETHANOL ELECTRO-OXIDATION; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MESOPOROUS CARBON NITRIDES; PLATINUM-RUTHENIUM CATALYSTS;

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

EID: 84908250130     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.01.203     Document Type: Article

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