Facile Cu3P-C hybrid supported strategy to improve Pt nanoparticle electrocatalytic performance toward methanol, ethanol, glycol and formic acid electro-oxidation

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 220, Issue , 2016, Pages 193-204

  Li, Ruixue ^a   Ma, Zizai ^a   Zhang, Fei ^a   Meng, Huijie ^a   Wang, Mei ^a   Bao, Xiao Qing ^b   Tang, Bin ^a   Wang, Xiaoguang ^a  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND ELECTRONICS   (China)

Author keywords

copper phosphide; electrocatalysis; Fuel cells; Pt nanoparticle; Supporting modification

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROOXIDATION; ENAMELS; ETHANOL; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FORMIC ACID; FUEL CELLS; GLYCOLS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METHANOL; MOLECULES; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION; PLATINUM; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COPPER PHOSPHIDE; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FORMIC ACID ELECTROOXIDATION; PT NANOPARTICLES; SMALL ORGANIC MOLECULES; SUPPORTING MODIFICATION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84992178576     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.10.105     Document Type: Article

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