Emergence of oxygen reduction activity in partially oxidized tantalum carbonitrides: Roles of deposited carbon for oxygen-reduction-reaction-site creation and surface electron conduction

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 37, 2013, Pages 18837-18844

  Ishihara, Akimitsu ^a   Tamura, Motoko ^a   Ohgi, Yoshiro ^a,c   Matsumoto, Masashi ^b   Matsuzawa, Koichi ^a   Mitsushima, Shigenori ^a   Imai, Hideto ^b   Ota, Ken Ichiro ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NISSAN ARC LTD   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; ELECTRON CONDUCTION; LOW PARTIAL PRESSURES; ORR ACTIVITIES; OXYGEN REDUCTION; REDUCTIVE ATMOSPHERES; SURFACE ELECTRON; SURFACE ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

CARBON; CARBON NITRIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; OXYGEN VACANCIES; TANTALUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

TANTALUM OXIDES;

EID: 84884570370     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp405247m     Document Type: Article

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