Organic-inorganic hybrid PtCo nanoparticle with high electrocatalytic activity and durability for oxygen reduction

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 8, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Jung, Namgee ^a   Bhattacharjee, Satadeep ^b,c   Gautam, Sanjeev ^d   Park, Hee Young ^b   Ryu, Jaeyune ^b   Chung, Young Hoon ^b   Lee, Sang Young ^b   Jang, Injoon ^b   Jang, Jong Hyun ^b   Park, Sae Hum ^b   Chung, Dong Young ^e   Sung, Yung Eun ^e   Chae, Keun Hwa ^b   Waghmare, Umesh V ^b   Lee, Seung Cheol ^b   Yoo, Sung Jong ^b  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^d PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BINARY ALLOYS; BINDING ENERGY; CARBON BLACK; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL BONDS; DISSOLUTION; DURABILITY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONEGATIVITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FUEL CELLS; NANOCATALYSTS; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC-INORGANIC MATERIALS; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; POLYMERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ACIDIC ELECTROLYTES; CATALYST DEGRADATION; CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID; ORGANIC/INORGANIC HYBRIDS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PT-CO NANOPARTICLES;

COBALT;

EID: 85043551277     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2015.143     Document Type: Article

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