Influence of pyrolysis temperature on oxygen reduction reaction activity of carbon-incorporating iron nitride/nitrogen-doped graphene nanosheets catalyst

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3956-3962

  Hung, Tai Feng ^a   Tu, Meng Hsiu ^a   Tsai, Chi Wen ^a   Chen, Chih Jung ^a   Liu, Ru Shi ^a   Liu, Wei Ren ^b   Lo, Man Yin ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon incorporating iron nitride; Catalytic activity; Nitrogen doped graphene; Non noble metal; Oxygen reduction reaction; Size

Indexed keywords

IRON NITRIDE NANOPARTICLES; IRON NITRIDES; NITROGEN-DOPED GRAPHENE; NITROGEN-DOPED GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; ROTATING RING-DISK ELECTRODE TECHNIQUES; SIZE; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DURABILITY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GRAPHENE; IRON; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSHEETS; NITRIDES; PHOTOELECTRONS; PRECIOUS METALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84875230622     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.01.128     Document Type: Article

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