Facile fabrication of novel PdRu nanoflowers as highly active catalysts for the electrooxidation of methanol

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 505, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-8

  Xu, Hui ^a   Yan, Bo ^a   Zhang, Ke ^a   Wang, Jin ^a   Li, Shumin ^a   Wang, Caiqin ^a   Shiraishi, Yukihide ^b   Du, Yukou ^a,b   Yang, Ping ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Excellent electrocatalytic activity; Methanol electrooxidation; PdRu nanoflowers; Shape controlled

Indexed keywords

BINS; CATALYSTS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROOXIDATION; IONIC LIQUIDS; METHANOL; NANOFLOWERS; PALLADIUM;

ACTIVE SURFACE AREA; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; FACILE FABRICATION; FLOWER-LIKE STRUCTURES; METHANOL ELECTROOXIDATION; SHAPE CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; SHAPE-CONTROLLED; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

METHANOL; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOFLOWER; NANOPARTICLE; PALLADIUM NANOPARTICLE; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM NAPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROOXIDATION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCATALYSIS; NANOCATALYST; NANOENGINEERING; NANOFABRICATION; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE AREA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 85019918509     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.05.067     Document Type: Article

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