Porous nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheet on graphene as metal-free catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction in air-cathode microbial fuel cells

Bioelectrochemistry

Volumn 95, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-28

  Wen, Qing ^a   Wang, Shaoyun ^a   Yan, Jun ^a   Cong, Lijie ^a   Chen, Ye ^a   Xi, Hongyuan ^a  

^a HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Microbial fuel cells; Nitrogen doped carbon; Oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

CARBONIZATION; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GRAPHENE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; NANOSHEETS; POLYANILINE;

CATHODE CATALYST; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; METAL-FREE CATALYSTS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS); NITROGEN-DOPED CARBONS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHENE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

AIR CATHODE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN ELECTRODE;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBON; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

AIR; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; GRAPHITE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; OXYGEN; POROSITY;

EID: 84887749844     PISSN: 15675394     EISSN: 1878562X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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