Conductive polymer/graphene supported platinum nanoparticles as anode catalysts for the extended power generation of microbial fuel cells

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 43, 2014, Pages 16883-16893

  Kumar, Georgepeter Gnana ^a   Kirubaharan, Christopher Joseph ^a   Udhayakumar, Subramani ^a   Karthikeyan, Chandrasekaran ^a   Nahm, Kee Suk ^b  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHENE; INTERNAL OXIDATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLATINUM; POLYANILINE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATALYTIC ACTIVE SITES; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRIC; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE TECHNIQUES; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INTRINSIC STABILITY; PLATINUM NANO-PARTICLES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO);

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 84949116570     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie502399y     Document Type: Article

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