High-performance doped carbon electrocatalyst derived from soybean biomass and promoted by zinc chloride

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 10128-10134

  Liu, Fangfang ^a,b   Peng, Hongliang ^a   Qiao, Xiaochang ^a   Fu, Zhiyong ^a   Huang, Peiyan ^a   Liao, Shijun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WEIFANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; Catalyst; Oxygen reduction reaction; Zinc chloride

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CATALYSTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ALKALINE MEDIUM; BET SURFACE AREA; CATHODIC REDUCTIONS; HALF-WAVE POTENTIAL; HIGH SURFACE AREA; ONSET POTENTIAL; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PT/C CATALYSTS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84901929292     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.04.176     Document Type: Article

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