Synthesis of PtM (M=Co, Ni)/Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites as Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-8

  Li, Jialiang ^a   Fu, Xinning ^b   Mao, Zhou ^b   Yang, Yushi ^b   Qiu, Tong ^b   Wu, Qingzhi ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Oxygen reduction reaction; Pt based alloy; Reduced graphene oxide

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; NANOCOMPOSITES; NICKEL; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; REDUCTION; ROTATING DISKS; SPECTROMETERS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITIES; ENERGY-RELATED PROCESS; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOCOMPOSITES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETERS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84953314351     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-1208-5     Document Type: Article

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