Controlled Synthesis of Au-Island-Covered Pd Nanotubes with Abundant Heterojunction Interfaces for Enhanced Electrooxidation of Alcohol

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 12792-12797

  Cai, Kai ^a   Liao, Yuxiang ^b   Zhang, Huan ^a   Liu, Jiawei ^a   Lu, Zhicheng ^a   Huang, Zhao ^a   Chen, Shengli ^b   Han, Heyou ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

alcohol; electrocatalyst; heterojunction interface; heterostructure; high density

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROOXIDATION; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GOLD; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOTUBES; YARN;

ALKALINE MEDIA; AU ISLANDS; CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; ELECTROOXIDATION OF ALCOHOLS; HETEROJUNCTION INTERFACES; MASS ACTIVITY; PD NANOTUBES;

PALLADIUM;

EID: 84973548665     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b02099     Document Type: Article

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