<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Subhramannia, Mahima</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ramaiyan, Kannan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aslam, Mohammed</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pillai, Vijayamohanan K.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Y-junction nanostructures of palladium: enhanced electrocatalytic properties for fuel cell reactions</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">electrocatalysts</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">fuel cells</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hierarchical structures</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nanostructure</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Porous alumina membrane</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Y-junctions</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAR</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-2</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PO BOX 564, 1001 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">627</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">58-62</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Here we demonstrate the utility of hierarchically designed alumina templates for the formation of palladium Y-junction nanostructures through a chemical vapor deposition route. These structures exhibit enhanced electrocatalytic activity for the oxidation of formic acid (up to 1020%) compared to that of platinum Y-junction nanostructures, which could be of immense relevance to portable fuel cell technology, since designing a better electrocatalyst for fuel cell reactions continues to be an important challenge. Apart from the obvious applications in fuel cell electrocatalysis, these Y-junction nanostructures could also act as promising candidates for room temperature hydrogen separation and more importantly as interconnects in molecular scale electronic devices. The present method of fabrication of Y-junction nanostructures using hierarchical alumina templates could be extended to other metallic/semiconducting systems facilitating more general opportunities for such hierarchical designs in nanoelectronics. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-2</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2.732</style></custom4></record></records></xml>