The Effect of Reducing Agents on the Electronic, Magnetic and Electrocatalytic Properties of Thiol-Capped Pt/Co and Pt/Ni Nanoparticles

Electrocatalysis

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 274-285

  Mathe, Ntombizodwa R ^a,b   Nkosi, Steven S ^a   Motaung, David E ^a   Scriba, Manfred R ^a   Coville, Neil J ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bimetallic platinum nanoparticles; Electron paramagnetic resonance; Methanol oxidation reaction; Reducing agents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928478219     PISSN: 18682529     EISSN: 18685994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12678-014-0241-y     Document Type: Article

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