Methanol electrooxidation on flexible multi-walled carbon nanotube-modified sponge-based nickel electrode

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3027-3034

  Cheng, Xiaoli ^a,b   Ye, Ke ^a   Zhang, Dongming ^a   Cheng, Kui ^a   Li, Yiju ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Wang, Guiling ^a   Cao, Dianxue ^a  

^a HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Binder free; Flexible; High electrooxidation performance; Methanol electrooxidation; Sponge

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; BINS; CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROOXIDATION; METHANOL; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NICKEL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YARN;

BINDER FREE; FLEXIBLE; HIGH ELECTROOXIDATION PERFORMANCE; METHANOL ELECTROOXIDATION; SPONGE;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 84943199652     PISSN: 14328488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10008-015-2897-5     Document Type: Article

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