A comparison of three carbon nanoforms as catalyst supports for the oxygen reduction reaction

Carbon

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 392-400

  Lee, Chien Liang ^a   Huang, Chun Han ^a   Huang, Kun Lung ^a   Tsai, Yao Lung ^a   Yang, Chia Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; GRAPHITE NANOFIBRES; METAL-SUPPORT INTERACTIONS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN-CONTAINING FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY; SATURATED CALOMEL ELECTRODE; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS);

CATALYST SUPPORTS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GRAPHENE; PLATINUM; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

PALLADIUM;

EID: 84878580134     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.04.051     Document Type: Article

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