Nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes and their impact on the oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3057-3065

  Chen, Zhongwei ^a   Chen, Zhu ^a   Higgins, Drew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CARBON; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ETHANOL; FUEL CELLS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOTUBES; NITROGEN; PYRIDINE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; NITROGEN DOPED CARBON NANOTUBES; NON-PRECIOUS CATALYSTS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; ROTATING RING DISC ELECTRODE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77956868477     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.04.038     Document Type: Article

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