Synthesis and characterization of Pd@Pt-Ni core-shell octahedra with high activity toward oxygen reduction

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 10363-10371

  Choi, Sang Il ^a   Shao, Minhua ^b   Lu, Ning ^c   Ruditskiy, Aleksey ^d   Peng, Hsin Chieh ^d   Park, Jinho ^d   Guerrero, Sandra ^e   Wang, Jinguo ^c   Kim, Moon J ^c   Xia, Younan ^a,d,f  

^a Emory University   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UTC Power   (United States)

^f Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

core shell nanocrystal; oxygen reduction; platinum catalyst; polymer electrolyte fuel cell

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CATALYSTS; DURABILITY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCRYSTALS; NICKEL ALLOYS; NICKEL METALLOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PALLADIUM; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

CORE-SHELL NANOCRYSTALS; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN REDUCTION; PLATINUM CATALYSTS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

PLATINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84908409516     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5036894     Document Type: Article

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