Sulfur-doped graphene as an efficient metal-free cathode catalyst for oxygen reduction

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 205-211

  Yang, Zhi ^a   Yao, Zhen ^a   Li, Guifa ^b   Fang, Guoyong ^a   Nie, Huagui ^a   Liu, Zheng ^a   Zhou, Xuemei ^a   Chen, Xi'An ^a   Huang, Shaoming ^a  

^a WENZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANCHANG HANGKONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

fuel cell; nonprecious metal catalysts; oxygen reduction reaction; sulfur doped grapheme

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE MEDIA; CARBON MATERIAL; CATHODE CATALYST; DOPED CARBONS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRONEGATIVE ATOMS; GRAPHITE LAYERS; N-DOPED; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PT-BASED CATALYST; SCALABLE APPROACH; SULFUR-DOPED GRAPHEME;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRONEGATIVITY; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHENE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; SELENIUM; SULFUR;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

GRAPHITE; METAL; NANOMATERIAL; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CATALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRAPHITE; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; SULFUR;

EID: 84856206017     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn203393d     Document Type: Article

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