Electrocatalytic activity and operational stability of electrodeposited Pd-Co films towards ethanol oxidation in alkaline electrolytes

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 293, Issue , 2015, Pages 815-822

  Tsui, Lok Kun ^a   Zafferoni, Claudio ^b   Lavacchi, Alessandro ^c   Innocenti, Massimo ^b   Vizza, Francesco ^c   Zangari, Giovanni ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c ICCOM CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anode catalyst; Cobalt oxide; Direct ethanol fuel cell; Electrodeposition; Ethanol oxidation; Palladium cobalt alloy

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; ALLOYS; ANODIC OXIDATION; CATALYSTS; COBALT; COBALT ALLOYS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FUEL CELLS; METALLIC FILMS; OXIDATION;

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; ANODE CATALYSTS; COBALT OXIDES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ETHANOL OXIDATION; ETHANOL OXIDATION REACTION; PHASE AND MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION; POTENTIOSTATIC MEASUREMENTS;

DIRECT ETHANOL FUEL CELLS (DEFC);

EID: 84930958896     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.05.121     Document Type: Article

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