Core@shell sub-ten-nanometer noble metal nanoparticles with a controllable thin Pt shell and their catalytic activity towards oxygen reduction

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 271-280

  Deogratias, Ntirikwendera ^a   Ji, Muwei ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Liu, Jiajia ^a   Zhang, Jiatao ^a   Zhu, Hesun ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

core@shell; metal nanocomposites; oxygen reduction; Pt shell; sub ten nanometer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921343571     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0664-z     Document Type: Article

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