Highly active electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction from carbon-supported copper-phthalocyanine synthesized by high temperature treatment

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 14103-14113

  Ding, Lei ^a   Qiao, Jinli ^a   Dai, Xianfeng ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Zhang, Jiujun ^b   Tian, Binglun ^c  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c Pearl Hydrogen Technology Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline fuel cell; Copper phthalocyanine; Electrocatalysts; Heat treatment; Oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; CATALYST LAYERS; CATALYST LOADINGS; CATALYST STRUCTURES; COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE; EFFECT OF CATALYST; ELECTRON TRANSFER; HALF-WAVE POTENTIAL; HEAT TREATMENT TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE TREATMENTS; KINETIC CURRENTS; KINETIC RATES; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; NANO-CATALYST; NITROGEN CONTENT; NOVEL CATHODE; ONSET POTENTIAL; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION KINETICS; REACTION MECHANISM; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES; SEM-EDX; XPS ANALYSIS; XRD , TEM;

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; CARBON; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; HEAT TREATMENT; KINETICS; LOADING; PYROLYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; ROTATING DISKS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84866062493     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.07.046     Document Type: Article

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