Component-controlled synthesis and assembly of Cu-Pd nanocrystals on graphene for oxygen reduction reaction

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 5347-5357

  Zheng, Yulin ^a   Zhao, Shulin ^a   Liu, Suli ^a   Yin, Huanhuan ^a   Chen, Yu Yun ^a   Bao, Jianchun ^a   Han, Min ^a,b   Dai, Zhihui ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

assembly; bimetallic nanocrystals; electrocatalysis; graphene; nanocomposites; oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; ASSEMBLY; BINARY ALLOYS; BINDING ENERGY; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CESIUM ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; DURABILITY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NANOCRYSTALS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; ALLOY COMPOSITIONS; ALLOY NANOCRYSTALS; CATHODIC ELECTROCATALYSTS; CATHODIC OXYGEN REDUCTION; CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; INTERFACIAL ELECTRON TRANSFER DYNAMICS;

PALLADIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84924622821     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01541     Document Type: Article

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