Heterogeneous nanocomposites composed of silver sulfide and hollow structured Pd nanoparticles with enhanced catalytic activity toward formic acid oxidation

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 153, Issue , 2015, Pages 461-467

  Chen, Dong ^a   Cui, Penglei ^a   Liu, Hui ^a   Yang, Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Electronic coupling effect; Formic acid oxidation; Galvanic replacement reaction; Hollow palladium nanoparticle; Nanocomposites; Silver sulfide

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; FORMIC ACID; INTERFACE STATES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDATION; PALLADIUM; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILVER ALLOYS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ELECTRONIC COUPLING; FORMIC ACID OXIDATION; GALVANIC REPLACEMENT REACTIONS; PALLADIUM NANOPARTICLES; SILVER SULFIDES;

SILVER;

EID: 84917709332     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.12.016     Document Type: Article

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