An effective Pd-NiOx-P composite catalyst for glycerol electrooxidation: Co-existed phosphorus and nickel oxide to enhance performance of Pd

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 308, Issue , 2017, Pages 419-427

  Kang, Yumao ^a   Wang, Wei ^b   Pu, Yanling ^b   Li, Jinmei ^a   Chai, Dan ^a   Lei, Ziqiang ^a  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Composite catalyst; Electrocatalyst; Glycerol oxidation; Nickel oxide; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYSTS; DIRECT ALCOHOL FUEL CELLS (DAFC); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROOXIDATION; FUEL CELLS; GLYCEROL; NICKEL; NICKEL OXIDE; PHOSPHORUS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COMPOSITE CATALYSTS; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE SURFACE AREAS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; GLYCEROL ELECTRO OXIDATIONS; GLYCEROL OXIDATION; PD-BASED CATALYST;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84988723404     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.09.087     Document Type: Article

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