Ag nanoparticle-modified MnO2 nanorods catalyst for use as an air electrode in zinc-air battery

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 598-604

  Goh, F W Thomas ^a   Liu, Zhaolin ^a   Ge, Xiaoming ^a   Zong, Yun ^a   Du, Guojun ^b   Hor, T S Andy ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bifunctional catalysts; Oxygen evolution; Oxygen reduction; Silver manganese oxide; Zinc air battery

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; CATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; MANGANESE OXIDE; NANORODS; OXYGEN; ROTATING DISKS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC;

BI-FUNCTIONAL CATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES; ZINC-AIR BATTERY;

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EID: 84887334425     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.10.116     Document Type: Article

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