Optimization of Pt-Pd alloy catalyst and supporting materials for oxygen reduction in air-cathode microbial fuel cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 165, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-77

  Quan, Xiangchun ^a   Mei, Ying ^a   Xu, Hengduo ^a   Sun, Bo ^a   Zhang, Xin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

electro deposition; microbial fuel cells; oxygen reduction activity; Pt Pd catalyst

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST SUPPORTS; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; DEPOSITION; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; GRAPHENE; OXYGEN; PAPER; PARTICLE SIZE; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YARN;

ALTERNATIVE CATALYSTS; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS); OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION CATALYSTS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; POWER GENERATION CAPACITIES; PT-PD CATALYSTS;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 84924388766     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.02.235     Document Type: Article

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