TY - GEN AU - Randa Mohammed Abdelhameed Farag AU - Hanaa Barakat Hassan , AU - Mamdouh Ahmed Abdelrahim , AU - Mohammed Wahid Eldeen Khalil , TI - Modified electrochemical catalysts for direct methanol fuel cells : : preparation and electrochemical studies / PY - 2006/// CY - Cairo : PB - Randa Mohammed Abdelhameed Farag , KW - Electro - oxidation KW - Electrocatalysis KW - Methanol KW - Nickel silicalite electrodes KW - Titanium silicalite electrodes N1 - Thesis (PH.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Science - Department Of Physical Chemistry; Issued also as CD N2 - This work has been carried out to investigate the electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol at nickel and titanium silicaliteelectrodes , pre - soaked in metal ions solutions , in alkaline mediumThree catalyst ions were examined ; namely : nickel , cobalt and rutheniumThe methanol oxidation reaction was mainly governed by the presence of certain active oxide species as electron transfer mediators ER -