The Use of C-MnO2 as hybrid precursor support for a Pt/C-MnxO1+x catalyst with enhanced activity for the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR)

Catalysts

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1399-1416

  Videla, Alessandro H A Monteverde ^a   Osmieri, Luigi ^a   Esfahani, Reza Alipour Moghadam ^a   Zeng, Juqin ^a   Francia, Carlotta ^a   Specchia, Stefania ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CO stripping; Hybrid support; Manganese oxides; Methanol oxidation reaction (MOR); Platinum nanoparticles; Rotating disk electrode

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940997618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal5031399     Document Type: Article

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