High-loading cobalt oxide coupled with nitrogen-doped graphene for oxygen reduction in anion-exchange-membrane alkaline fuel cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 8697-8707

  He, Qinggang ^a   Li, Qing ^b   Khene, Samson ^c   Ren, Xiaoming ^d   López Suárez, Franz E ^e   Lozano Castelló, Dolores ^e   Bueno López, Agustín ^e   Wu, Gang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; NITROGEN-DOPED GRAPHENE; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA;

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CATHODES; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GRAPHENE; ROTATING DISKS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

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EID: 84877062784     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp401814f     Document Type: Article

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