PdNi-coated manganite nanorods as catalyst for electrooxidation of methanol in alkaline medium

Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland)

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-155

  Kannan, R ^a,b   Karunakaran, K ^a   Vasanthkumar, S ^b  

^a SONA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b KARUNYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fuel cell; Manganese oxide; Methanol electrooxidation; Nickel; Palladium

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROOXIDATION; FUEL CELLS; MANGANESE OXIDE; MANGANITES; METHANOL; NANOCATALYSTS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; PALLADIUM ALLOYS; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDIES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETRY; METHANOL ELECTROOXIDATION; MODIFIED ELECTRODES; OXIDATION CURRENTS; OXIDATION POTENTIALS; SITU REDUCTION METHOD;

NICKEL METALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 85059811078     PISSN: 21905509     EISSN: 21905517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13204-011-0049-5     Document Type: Article

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