Vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays co-doped with phosphorus and nitrogen as efficient metal-free electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 2863-2870

  Yu, Dingshan ^a   Xue, Yuhua ^a   Dai, Liming ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-DOPED; CO-DOPING; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; FERROCENES; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; P-DOPING; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SYNERGETIC EFFECT; TRIPHENYL PHOSPHINES; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; IRON COMPOUNDS; METHANOL; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); ORGANOMETALLICS; PLATINUM;

PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 84867148156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz3011833     Document Type: Article

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