Boron-doped carbon nanotubes as metal-free electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 31, 2011, Pages 7132-7135

  Yang, Lijun ^a   Jiang, Shujuan ^a   Zhao, Yu ^a   Zhu, Lei ^a   Chen, Sheng ^a   Wang, Xizhang ^a   Wu, Qiang ^a   Ma, Jing ^a   Ma, Yanwen ^a,b   Hu, Zheng ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

boron; carbon nanotubes; electrocatalysts; fuel cells; oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

BORON-DOPED; BORON-DOPING; DFT CALCULATION; ELECTRON-DEFICIENT; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

BORON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMISORPTION; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN;

ELECTROCATALYSTS;

EID: 79960644627     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201101287     Document Type: Article

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