One-step synthesis of Pt nanoparticles highly loaded on graphene aerogel as durable oxygen reduction electrocatalyst

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 152, Issue , 2015, Pages 140-145

  Huang, Qinghong ^a,b   Tao, Feifei ^b   Zou, Liangliang ^b   Yuan, Ting ^b   Zou, Zhiqing ^b   Zhang, Haifeng ^b   Zhang, Xiaogang ^a   Yang, Hui ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

3D graphene aerogel; Co reduction; Oxygen reduction reaction; Pt nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST SUPPORTS; DURABILITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHENE; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

3D GRAPHENE; CO-REDUCTION; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; FUEL CELL APPLICATION; FUEL CELLS' APPLICATIONS; OXYGEN REDUCTION CATALYSTS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PT NANOPARTICLES;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84912040819     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.11.107     Document Type: Article

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