Architecture of PtFe/C catalyst with high activity and durability for oxygen reduction reaction

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1519-1527

  Li, Jiayuan ^a,b   Wang, Guoxiong ^a   Wang, Jing ^a,b   Miao, Shu ^a   Wei, Mingming ^a,b   Yang, Fan ^a   Yu, Liang ^a   Bao, Xinhe ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

activity; durability; oxygen reduction reaction; proton exchange membrane fuel cell; Pt3Fe@Pt FeOx architecture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919950204     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0513-0     Document Type: Article

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