Electrodeposition of three-dimensional Pd nanoflowers on a PPy@MWCNTs with superior electrocatalytic activity for methanol electrooxidation

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 40, 2016, Pages 17987-17994

  Abolghasemi Fard, Leyla ^a   Ojani, Reza ^a   Raoof, Jahan Bakhsh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Electrooxidation; Methanol; Palladium nanoflowers; Polypyrrole@multi walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST SUPPORTS; CATALYSTS; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROOXIDATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; GLASS MEMBRANE ELECTRODES; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; NANOFLOWERS; NANOTUBES; POLYPYRROLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YARN;

CATALYST SUPPORT MATERIAL; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; METHANOL ELECTROOXIDATION; METHANOL OXIDATION REACTIONS; MODIFIED GLASSY CARBON ELECTRODE; MORPHOLOGY AND COMPOSITION; POLYMER SUPPORTED CATALYSTS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84992342845     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.08.010     Document Type: Article

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