Spectroscopic in situ measurements of the relative pt skin thicknesses and porosities of dealloyed PtMn (Ni, Co) electrocatalysts

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 757-765

  Caldwell, Keegan M ^a   Ramaker, David E ^a   Jia, Qingying ^b   Mukerjee, Sanjeev ^b   Ziegelbauer, Joseph M ^c   Kukreja, Ratandeep S ^c   Kongkanand, Anusorn ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; DURABILITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; NICKEL; POROSITY;

ANNEALING PROCEDURES; BEGINNING OF LIVES; CHARACTERISTIC THICKNESS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL SURFACE AREA; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; X-RAY ADSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURES;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84920672358     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5098553     Document Type: Article

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