Oxygen reduction activity of N-doped carbon-based films prepared by pulsed laser deposition

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 257, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1556-1561

  Hakoda, Teruyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Shunya ^a   Kawaguchi, Kazuhiro ^b   Yamaki, Tetsuya ^a   Kobayashi, Tomohiro ^c   Yoshikawa, Masahito ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon based film; Fuel cell; Non platinum cathode catalyst; Oxygen reduction activity; Pulsed laser deposition

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; AMORPHOUS FILMS; CARBON FILMS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATHODES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FILM PREPARATION; FUEL CELLS; GLASSY CARBON; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMER FILMS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; ROTATING DISKS;

CARBON-BASED; NITROGEN SPECIES; NON-PLATINUM; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES; WASHING TREATMENT;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 78049316776     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.08.095     Document Type: Article

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