Iron- and nitrogen-functionalized graphene nanosheet and nanoshell composites as a highly active electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 50, 2013, Pages 26501-26508

  Kim, Bae Jung ^a   Lee, Dong Un ^a   Wu, Jason ^a   Higgins, Drew ^a   Yu, Aiping ^a   Chen, Zhongwei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROCATALYST FOR OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTIONS; EXFOLIATED GRAPHENE; NITROGEN-DOPED GRAPHENE; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PLATINUM BASED CATALYST; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODE VOLTAMMETRY; SURFACE ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS;

ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; NANOSHELLS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NITROGEN; ROTATING DISKS; UREA; ZINC;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84890852539     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410014a     Document Type: Article

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