Heat treatment of carbonized hemoglobin with ammonia for enhancement of pore development and oxygen reduction activity

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 493-499

  Maruyama, Jun ^a   Hasegawa, Takahiro ^a   Iwasaki, Satoshi ^a   Kanda, Hidetsugu ^b   Kishimoto, Hiroshi ^b  

^a OSAKA MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Carbonization; Electrode catalyst; Heat treatment; Hemoglobin; Oxygen reduction; Pore volume; Specific surface area

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; ELECTRODE CATALYSTS; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; NATURAL COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN REDUCTION; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; PORE VOLUME; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES;

AMMONIA; CARBONIZATION; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTRONS; ROTATING DISKS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

HEAT TREATMENT;

EID: 84896886872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc400402y     Document Type: Article

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