Carbon supported Cu-Pd nanoparticles as anode catalyst for direct borohydride-hydrogen peroxide fuel cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 176, Issue , 2015, Pages 1126-1135

  Duan, Donghong ^a   You, Xiu ^a   Liang, Jianwei ^a   Liu, Shibin ^a   Wang, Yunfang ^a  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anode catalyst; Borohydride electrooxidation; Cu Pd nanoparticles; Direct borohydride fuel cells

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIRECT BOROHYDRIDE FUEL CELLS (DBFC); ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROOXIDATION; FUEL CELLS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES; SOLUTIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANODE CATALYSTS; BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES; BOROHYDRIDES; DIRECT BOROHYDRIDE-HYDROGEN PEROXIDE FUEL CELLS; DISCHARGE CURRENT DENSITY; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; PD NANO PARTICLE; SUCCESSIVE REDUCTION METHOD;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84938889598     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.07.118     Document Type: Article

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