Preparation of nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube arrays and their catalysis towards cathodic oxygen reduction in acidic and alkaline media

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2620-2627

  Mo, Zaiyong ^a,b,c   Liao, Shijun ^a,b   Zheng, Yuying ^a,b   Fu, Zhiyong ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c YULIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE MEDIA; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAY; CATALYST PRECURSORS; CATHODIC OXYGEN REDUCTION; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; FERROCENES; HIGH NITROGEN CONTENT; NITROGEN-DOPED; PYRIDINIC NITROGEN; REDUCTION OF OXYGEN; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; IRON COMPOUNDS; ORGANOMETALLICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

NITROGEN;

EID: 84862782674     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.02.021     Document Type: Article

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