Epitaxial growth of zigzag PtAu alloy surface on Au nano-pentagrams with enhanced Pt utilization and electrocatalytic performance toward ethanol oxidation reaction

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 238, Issue , 2017, Pages 263-268

  Du, Cheng ^a,b   Gao, Xiaohui ^a,c   Zhuang, Zhihua ^a,b   Cheng, Chunfeng ^a,b   Zheng, Fuqin ^a,c   Li, Xiaokun ^a   Chen, Wei ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Electrocatalyst; Epitaxial growth; Ethanol oxidation reaction; Fuel cells; Nanocrystal

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ENERGY CONVERSION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; ETHANOL; FUEL CELLS; NANOCRYSTALS; OIL WELL FLOODING; OXIDATION; PLATINUM;

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTRONIC INTERACTIONS; ETHANOL OXIDATION REACTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIGH INDEX FACETS; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; UNIQUE MORPHOLOGIES;

PLATINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 85017571214     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.03.198     Document Type: Article

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