One-pot synthesis of ternary alloy CuFePt nanoparticles anchored on reduced graphene oxide and their enhanced electrocatalytic activity for both methanol and formic acid oxidation reactions

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 177, Issue , 2015, Pages 93-99

  Zhang, Xuan ^a   Zhang, Bei ^a   Liu, Dongyue ^a   Qiao, Jinli ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Formic acid oxidation reaction; Fuel cells; Methanol oxidation reaction; Reduced graphene oxide; Ternary alloy CuFePt nanocatalysts

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; FORMIC ACID; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHENE; METHANOL; OXIDATION; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; TERNARY ALLOYS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETRY; FORMIC ACID OXIDATION; METHANOL OXIDATION REACTIONS; NANOCATALYSTS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO);

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84941420542     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.02.046     Document Type: Article

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