In situ assembly of ultrathin PtRh nanowires to graphene nanosheets as highly efficient electrocatalysts for the oxidation of ethanol

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 3535-3543

  Shen, Yi ^a   Gong, Bin ^a   Xiao, Kaijun ^a   Wang, Lei ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ethanol electro oxidation; Graphene nanosheets; Graphene mediated synthesis; Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells; PtRh nanowires

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROOXIDATION; ETHANOL; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHENE; NANOSHEETS; NANOWIRES; OXIDATION; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE SURFACE AREAS; ETHANOL ELECTRO-OXIDATION; GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; ORIENTED ATTACHMENT; STATE OF THE ART; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 85011649979     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b09573     Document Type: Article

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