Bimetallic platinum-bismuth nanoparticles prepared with silsesquioxane for enhanced electrooxidation of formic acid

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 4548-4557

  Chen, Tingting ^a   Ge, Cunwang ^a   Zhang, Yihong ^a   Zhao, Qin ^a   Hao, Furui ^a   Bao, Ning ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bimetallic; Electrooxidation; Formic acid; Platinum bismuth nanoparticles; Silsesquioxane

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938237421     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.02.019     Document Type: Article

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