Nanoporous nickel-copper-phosphorus amorphous alloy film for methanol electro-oxidation in alkaline medium

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 154, Issue , 2015, Pages 54-62

  Yuan, Lin Shan ^a   Zheng, Yi Xiong ^a   Jia, Meng Lu ^a   Zhang, Shu Jin ^a   Wang, Xiu Lin ^a   Peng, Cheng ^a  

^a HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrocatalytic oxidation; LSV etching; Methanol; Nanoporous metals; Nickel copper phosphorus amorphous alloy

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; AMORPHOUS ALLOYS; AMORPHOUS FILMS; ANODIC OXIDATION; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; COPPER; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROOXIDATION; ETCHING; METHANOL; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS STRUCTURES; ANODIC CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRO-CATALYTIC OXIDATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; METHANOL ELECTROOXIDATION; NANOPOROUS METALS; PROTON DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS;

COPPER ALLOYS;

EID: 84919665930     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.12.055     Document Type: Article

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