Modified multi-walled carbon nanotube/Ag nanoparticle composite catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline solution

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 635-641

  Cheng, Yuanhang ^a   Li, Wenyue ^a   Fan, Xinzhuang ^a   Liu, Jianguo ^a   Xu, Weiguo ^a   Yan, Chuanwei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline solution; Electrocatalyst; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Oxygen reduction reaction; Silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; REDUCTION; SILVER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; COMPOSITE CATALYSTS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; MODIFIED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84883630143     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.08.034     Document Type: Article

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