Synthesis of graphene-supported one-dimensional nanoporous Pt based catalysts, and their enhanced performance on methanol electro-oxidation

Nanotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Hong, Liji ^a   Hao, Yanfei ^a   Yang, Yunyun ^a   Yuan, Junhua ^a,b   Niu, Li ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cells; Graphene; Nanoporous; Nanowire; Pt catalysts

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROOXIDATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHENE; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; NANOWIRES; PLATINUM ALLOYS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ENHANCED CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; METHANOL ELECTROOXIDATION; NANO-POROUS; PT CATALYSTS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); REPLACEMENT REACTIONS;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84920836853     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/4/045604     Document Type: Article

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