Highly active and durable methanol oxidation electrocatalyst based on the synergy of platinum-nickel hydroxide-graphene

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Huang, Wenjing ^a   Wang, Hongtao ^b   Zhou, Jigang ^c   Wang, Jian ^c   Duchesne, Paul N ^d   Muir, David ^c   Zhang, Peng ^d   Han, Na ^a   Zhao, Feipeng ^a   Zeng, Min ^a   Zhong, Jun ^a   Jin, Chuanhong ^b   Li, Yanguang ^a   Lee, Shuit Tong ^a   Dai, Hongjie ^e  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CANADIAN LIGHT SOURCE INC   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; METHANOL; NICKEL COMPLEX; NICKEL HYDROXIDE; PLATINUM; POISON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; GRAPHITE; HYDROXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; NICKEL; NICKEL HYDROXIDE (II);

ADSORPTION; CATALYST; DURABILITY; FUEL CELL; HYDROXIDE; METHANOL; NANOPARTICLE; OXIDATION; PLATINUM;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; OXIDATION; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POWER SUPPLY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CATALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; GRAPHITE; HYDROXIDES; METHANOL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NANOSTRUCTURES; NICKEL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLATINUM;

EID: 84948452285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10035     Document Type: Article

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