Electrocatalytic oxygen-reduction reaction on a carbon nanofiber/carbon paper composite

Xinxing Tan Cailiao/New Carbon Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 262-270

  Zheng, Jun Sheng ^a   Wang, Xi Zhao ^a   Fu, Rong ^a,b   Li, Ping ^b   Yang, Dai Jun ^a   Lu, Hong ^a   Ma, Jian Xin ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofiber carbon paper composite; Carbon nanofibers; Catalytic chemical vapor deposition; Electrocatalytic properties; Oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; OXYGEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

A-CARBON; CARBON NANOFIBER/CARBON PAPER COMPOSITE; CARBON NANOFIBRES; CARBON PAPER; CATALYTIC CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; ELECTROCATALYTIC OXYGEN REDUCTION; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESISED;

CARBON NANOFIBERS;

EID: 80053127812     PISSN: 20971605     EISSN: 18725805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-5805(11)60081-4     Document Type: Article

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