High-yield synthesis of sub-10 nm Pt nanotetrahedra with bare (111) facets for efficient electrocatalytic applications

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4998-5005

  Rana, Moumita ^a   Chhetri, Manjeet ^a   Loukya, B ^a   Patil, Pramod K ^a   Datta, Ranjan ^a   Gautam, Ujjal K ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

electrocatalysis; fuel cell; metal nanocrystals; methanol oxidation; oxygen reduction reaction; Pt(111)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; METHANOL; NANOCRYSTALS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

CATALYTIC EFFICIENCIES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRON-TRANSFER REACTIONS; METAL NANOCRYSTALS; METHANOL OXIDATION; PT(111); REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; THERMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY;

PLATINUM METALS;

EID: 84924260530     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00211     Document Type: Article

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