Synthesis and electrocatalytic performance of multi-component nanoporous PtRuCuW alloy for direct methanol fuel cells

Catalysts

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1003-1015

  Chen, Xiaoting ^a   Wang, Hao ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Bai, Qingguo ^a   Gao, Yulai ^b   Zhang, Zhonghua ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dealloying; Direct methanol fuel cells; Methanol oxidation; Nanoporous alloys; Oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937418310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal5031003     Document Type: Article

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