PtPd nanowire arrays supported on reduced graphene oxide as advanced electrocatalysts for methanol oxidation

Carbon

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 346-353

  Du, Shangfeng ^a   Lu, Yaxiang ^a   Steinberger Wilckens, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROCATALYSTS; GRAPHENE; METHANOL; NANOSHEETS; NANOWIRES; PALLADIUM ALLOYS; PLATINUM; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

DEGRADATION RATIOS; DEPOSITION PROCESS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; HYBRID NANOSTRUCTURES; METHANOL OXIDATION; METHANOL OXIDATION REACTIONS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); WET-CHEMICAL APPROACH;

PLATINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84920593265     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.07.076     Document Type: Article

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