Fabrication of iron phthalocyanine/graphene micro/nanocomposite by solvothermally assisted π-π Assembling method and its application for oxygen reduction reaction

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 272-278

  Cui, Lili ^a   Lv, Guojun ^a   Dou, Zhiyu ^a   He, Xingquan ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Assembling; Graphene; Iron phthalocyanine; ORR;

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHENE; IRON; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PLATINUM; ROTATING DISKS;

ASSEMBLING; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFCS); ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; IRON PHTHALOCYANINES; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PEAK CURRENT DENSITY; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 84879210623     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.05.077     Document Type: Article

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