Monodispersed hard carbon spherules as a catalyst support for the electrooxidation of methanol

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-16

  Yang, Ruizhi ^a,b   Qiu, Xinping ^b   Zhang, Huairuo ^a   Li, Jianqi ^a   Zhu, Wentao ^b   Wang, Zhaoxiang ^a   Huang, Xuejie ^a   Chen, Liquan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Carbon microbeads; B. Catalyst support; C. Electron microscopy; D. Electrochemical properties

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; DISPERSIONS; METHANOL; OXIDATION; PLATINUM; POLARIZATION; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBON MICROBEADS; CATALYST SUPPORT; ELECTROOXIDATION; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (HRTEM);

CARBON;

EID: 9444274869     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.08.008     Document Type: Article

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