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Recent progress in the development of anode and cathode catalysts for direct methanol fuel cells
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In this paper, the authors provide a comprehensive review of the experimental work that is devoted to understanding the fundamental problems and recent progress in the development of anode and cathode catalysts for DMFCs.About:
This article is published in Nano Energy.The article was published on 2013-09-01. It has received 399 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Direct methanol fuel cell & Anode.read more
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Noncovalent Functionalization of Graphene and Graphene Oxide for Energy Materials, Biosensing, Catalytic, and Biomedical Applications
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TL;DR: This Review focuses on noncovalent functionalization of graphene and graphene oxide with various species involving biomolecules, polymers, drugs, metals and metal oxide-based nanoparticles, quantum dots, magnetic nanostructures, other carbon allotropes, and graphene analogues.
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MoS2/graphene cocatalyst for efficient photocatalytic H2 evolution under visible light irradiation.
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Nickel-Based Electrocatalysts for Energy-Related Applications: Oxygen Reduction, Oxygen Evolution, and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions
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TL;DR: In this paper, the development of technology for clean-energy production has become the major research priority worldwide, and the globalization of advanced energy conversion technologies like rechargeable metal-air batteries, regenerated fuel cells, and water splitting devices has been majorly benefitted by the developing of apposite catalytic materials that can proficiently carry out the pertinent electrochemical processes like oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), hydrogen evolution reaction(HER), and water hydrolysis.
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Towards high-efficiency nanoelectrocatalysts for oxygen reduction through engineering advanced carbon nanomaterials
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Recent progress on carbon-based support materials for electrocatalysts of direct methanol fuel cells
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TL;DR: In this paper, a review summarizes the recent significant progress in the design and fabrication of novel carbon-based anode catalysts via various strategies and their applications in methanol oxidation reaction.
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