A comparative study of pyrolyzed and doped cobalt-polypyrrole eletrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4048-4053

  Feng, Wei ^a   Li, Hengyi ^a   Cheng, Xuan ^a   Jao, Ting Chu ^b   Weng, Fang Bor ^b   Su, Ay ^b   Chiang, Yu Chun ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cobalt polypyrrole catalyst; Dopant; Oxygen reduction reaction; Proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYSTS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COBALT; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POLYPYRROLES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SODIUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COBALT POLYPYRROLE CATALYSTS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRON CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHITIZATION DEGREE; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; ROTATING DISC ELECTRODE; SURFACE CONCENTRATION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84856229754     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.12.098     Document Type: Article

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