One-pot synthesis of graphene/carbon nanospheres/graphene sandwich supported Pt3Ni nanoparticles with enhanced electrocatalytic activity in methanol oxidation

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 5106-5114

  Niu, Wenhan ^a   Li, Ligui ^a   Liu, Xiaojun ^a   Zhou, Weijia ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Lu, Jia ^a   Chen, Shaowei ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Carbon nanosphere; Graphene; Methanol oxidation; Pt3Ni alloy nanoparticle; Sandwich structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937243132     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.02.095     Document Type: Article

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