Etching approach to hybrid structures of PtPd nanocages and graphene for efficient oxygen reduction reaction catalysts

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2789-2799

  Bai, Song ^a   Wang, Chengming ^a   Jiang, Wenya ^a   Du, Nana ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Du, Junteng ^a   Long, Ran ^a   Li, Zhengquan ^b   Xiong, Yujie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

electrocatalysis; graphene; nanocage; oxygen reduction reaction; platinum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941741982     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0770-6     Document Type: Article

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