A co-pyrolysis route to synthesize nitrogen doped multiwall carbon nanotubes for oxygen reduction reaction

Carbon

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 232-239

  Wang, Yongxia ^a,b   Cui, Xiangzhi ^a   Li, Yongsheng ^b   Chen, Lisong ^a   Chen, Hangrong ^a   Zhang, Lingxia ^a   Shi, Jianlin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b East China University of Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON AND NITROGEN; ELECTROCHEMICAL CATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; GRAPHITIC STRUCTURES; IRON PHTHALOCYANINES; MESOPOROUS SILICA; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; POWER DENSITIES; WELL-DEFINED MORPHOLOGIES;

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); NITROGEN; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN; SILICA; YARN;

ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84891555379     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.10.083     Document Type: Article

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