Synergy effects between single-walled carbon nanotubes and polypyrrole on the electrocatalysis of their composites for the oxygen reduction reaction

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 4877-4889

  Wei, Pingjie ^a   Tanabe, Hiroyoshi ^a  

^a MURORAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; CARBON ALLOYS; CHEMICAL POLYMERIZATION; COMPOSITE ELECTRODE; DIFFERENTIAL CAPACITANCE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRODE KINETICS; ELECTRODE PROCESS; ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES; FOUR-ELECTRON PROCESS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PPY FILMS; SURFACE AREA; SYNERGY EFFECT; WEIGHT RATIOS; XRD;

ALKALINITY; CHEMISORPTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; OXYGEN; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; POLYPYRROLES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 80051801567     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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