Enhancement of Activity and Development of Low Pt Content Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Acid Media †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Pt-Metal Oxides (Pt-MO) Hybrid Catalysts
3. Alloyed Pt Nanostructures
4. Heteroatom Doped Carbon Carriers
5. Conclusions and Perspectives
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Kostuch, A.; Rutkowska, I.A.; Dembinska, B.; Wadas, A.; Negro, E.; Vezzù, K.; Di Noto, V.; Kulesza, P.J. Enhancement of Activity and Development of Low Pt Content Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Acid Media. Molecules 2021, 26, 5147. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26175147
Kostuch A, Rutkowska IA, Dembinska B, Wadas A, Negro E, Vezzù K, Di Noto V, Kulesza PJ. Enhancement of Activity and Development of Low Pt Content Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Acid Media. Molecules. 2021; 26(17):5147. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26175147
Chicago/Turabian StyleKostuch, Aldona, Iwona A. Rutkowska, Beata Dembinska, Anna Wadas, Enrico Negro, Keti Vezzù, Vito Di Noto, and Pawel J. Kulesza. 2021. "Enhancement of Activity and Development of Low Pt Content Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Acid Media" Molecules 26, no. 17: 5147. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26175147