Low-Temperature hydrogen production from water and methanol using Pt/α-MoC catalysts

Nature

Volumn 544, Issue 7648, 2017, Pages 80-83

  Lin, Lili ^a   Zhou, Wu ^b,c   Gao, Rui ^d,e   Yao, Siyu ^a   Zhang, Xiao ^f   Xu, Wenqian ^g   Zheng, Shijian ^h   Jiang, Zheng ⁱ   Yu, Qiaolin ^a   Li, Yong Wang ^d,e   Shi, Chuan ^f   Wen, Xiao Dong ^d,e   Ma, Ding ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF COAL CHEMISTRY   (China)

^e SYNFUELS CHINA CO   (China)

^f DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^g ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

ⁱ SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; METHANOL; MOLYBDENUM COMPLEX; PLATINUM; WATER;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYST; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ELECTROLYTE; EQUIPMENT; GRAVIMETRY; HYDROGEN; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LOW TEMPERATURE; METHANOL; PLATINUM; POLYMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DISPERSION; DISSOCIATION; ENERGY; LOW TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT;

EID: 85017107820     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature21672     Document Type: Article

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