Self-Stable WP/C Support with Excellent Cocatalytic Functionality for Pt: Enhanced Catalytic Activity and Durability for Methanol Electro-Oxidation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 49, 2016, Pages 33572-33582

  Duan, Yaqiang ^a   Sun, Ye ^a   Pan, Siyu ^a   Dai, Ying ^a,b   Hao, Liang ^a   Zou, Jinlong ^a  

^a HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEILONGJIANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

cocatalytic action; electrocatalytic activity; methanol oxidation reaction; platinum catalyst support; tungsten phosphide

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; DURABILITY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROOXIDATION; MASS TRANSFER; METHANOL; OXIDATION; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; POROUS MATERIALS; TUNGSTEN;

COCATALYTIC ACTION; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; METHANOL OXIDATION REACTIONS; PLATINUM CATALYSTS; TUNGSTEN PHOSPHIDE;

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

EID: 85006253067     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b09756     Document Type: Article

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