Platinum tungsten oxide (pt–wo3) nanoparticles: Their preparation in glycol and electrocatalytic properties

Journal of Experimental Nanoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-123

  Tsang, Kwok Ying ^a   Lee, Tung Chun ^a   Ren, Jiawen ^a   Chan, Kwong Yu ^a   Wang, Hengzhi ^b   Wang, Huanting ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fuel cells; Methanol oxidation; Nanoparticles; Platinum tungsten oxide; Pt WO3

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009893690     PISSN: 17458080     EISSN: 17458099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17458080500482297     Document Type: Article

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