Optimal Electrocatalytic Pd/MWNTs Nanocatalysts toward Formic Acid Oxidation

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 184, Issue , 2015, Pages 452-465

  Wang, Yiran ^a   He, Qingliang ^a   Wei, Huige ^b   Guo, Jiang ^a   Ding, Keqiang ^c   Wang, Qiang ^d   Wang, Zhe ^e   Wei, Suying ^b   Guo, Zhanhu ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b Lamar University   (United States)

^c HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

concentration effect; dual pathway; formic acid oxidation; palladium based catalysts; temperature effect

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHARGE TRANSFER; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROLYTES; GAS ADSORPTION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OXIDATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS; YARN;

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; CONCENTRATION EFFECTS; DUAL PATHWAY; FORMIC ACID OXIDATION; HYDROGEN ADSORPTION; OPERATING CONDITION; OXIDATION REACTIONS; PALLADIUM BASED CATALYSTS;

FORMIC ACID;

EID: 84946198278     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.10.046     Document Type: Article

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