Trimetallic PtSnRh Wavy Nanowires as Efficient Nanoelectrocatalysts for Alcohol Electrooxidation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 27, 2015, Pages 15061-15067

  Jiang, Kezhu ^a   Bu, Lingzheng ^a   Wang, Pengtang ^a   Guo, Shaojun ^b   Huang, Xiaoqing ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol electrooxidation; platinum; rhodium; tin; wavy nanowires

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; ELECTROOXIDATION; FUEL CELLS; FUEL STORAGE; NANOWIRES; OIL WELL FLOODING; OXIDATION; PLATINUM; RHODIUM; TIN;

ALCOHOL ELECTRO OXIDATIONS; EFFICIENT CATALYSTS; EFFICIENT STRATEGY; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ETHANOL OXIDATION REACTION; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; METHANOL OXIDATION REACTIONS;

ALCOHOL FUELS;

EID: 84937053317     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04391     Document Type: Article

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