Ruthenium-alloy electrocatalysts with tunable hydrogen oxidation kinetics in alkaline electrolyte

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 13481-13487

  St John, Samuel ^a   Atkinson, Robert W ^a   Unocic, Raymond R ^b   Zawodzinski, Thomas A ^a,b   Papandrew, Alexander B ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; CARBON; CARBON BLACK; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST SUPPORTS; CATALYSTS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTES; GAS ADSORPTION; HYDROGEN; OXIDATION; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; RUTHENIUM;

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; CHARGE TRANSFER PROCESS; DISSOCIATIVE ADSORPTION; EXCHANGE CURRENT DENSITIES; HIGH SURFACE AREA; HYDROGEN OXIDATION; HYDROGEN OXIDATION REACTION; RATE DETERMINING STEP;

RUTHENIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84934940223     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03284     Document Type: Article

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