Preparation of Pt-Co nanoparticles by galvanostatic pulse electrochemical codeposition on in situ electrochemical reduced graphene nanoplates based carbon paper electrode for oxygen reduction reaction in proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 315, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 222-234

  Yaldagard, Maryam ^a,b   Seghatoleslami, Naser ^a   Jahanshahi, Mohsen ^b  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Galvanostatic; Graphene nanoplates; Oxygen reduction reaction; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell; Pt Co nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINARY ALLOYS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; COBALT ALLOYS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FILM PREPARATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; NANOCATALYSTS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; OXYGEN; PAPER; PLATINUM ALLOYS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL CODEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; GALVANOSTATICS; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; NANOPLATES; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PT-CO NANOPARTICLES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN; REDUCTION;

EID: 84922811357     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.07.137     Document Type: Article

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