Activation and stabilization of nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes as electrocatalysts in the oxygen reduction reaction at strongly alkaline conditions

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 46, 2013, Pages 24283-24291

  Zhao, Anqi ^a   Masa, Justus ^a   Schuhmann, Wolfgang ^a   Xia, Wei ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; ALKALINE TREATMENT; CATALYTIC GROWTH; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBON NANOTUBES; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PYRROLIC NITROGEN; QUATERNARY NITROGENS; SURFACE OXIDATIONS;

ANILINE; CARBON NANOTUBES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHOTOELECTRONS; STABILIZATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

NITROGEN;

EID: 84888593967     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4059438     Document Type: Article

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