Facile-green synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon-supported ultrafine silver catalyst with enhanced electrocatalytic property

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 66-73

  Wang, Yichen ^a,b   Wu, Haibin ^a   Jiang, Xiue ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Heterogeneous catalysis; N doped carbon nanostructure; Oxygen reduction reaction; Ultrafine Ag nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; ORGANIC ACIDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AG NANOPARTICLE; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; FOLIC ACIDS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; N-DOPED; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBONS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

SILVER;

EID: 84884219460     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.06.100     Document Type: Article

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