Conversion of PtNi alloy from disordered to ordered for enhanced activity and durability in methanol-tolerant oxygen reduction reactions

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2777-2788

  Zou, Liangliang ^a   Fan, Jing ^b   Zhou, Yi ^a   Wang, Congmin ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Zou, Zhiqing ^a   Yang, Hui ^a  

^a SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b Wuhan Institute of Marine Electric Propulsion   (China)

Author keywords

durability; electrocatalyst; methanol tolerance; oxygen reduction reaction; platinum and nickel intermetallic nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939259176     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0784-0     Document Type: Article

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