Investigation of methanol oxidation on a highly active and stable Pt-Sn electrocatalyst supported on carbon-polyaniline composite for application in a passive direct methanol fuel cell

Materials Research Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 166-178

  Amani, Mitra ^a   Kazemeini, Mohammad ^b   Hamedanian, Mahboobeh ^a   Pahlavanzadeh, Hassan ^a   Gharibi, Hussein ^a,c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Composites; A. Nanostructures; D. Catalytic properties; D. Electrochemical properties

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRODES; FUEL CELLS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; POLYANILINE; TIN;

CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; IMPREGNATION METHODS; MAXIMUM CURRENT DENSITY; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; METHANOL OXIDATION REACTIONS; PASSIVE DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS; POLYANILINE COMPOSITES;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 84925988968     PISSN: 00255408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2015.02.053     Document Type: Article

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