Graphene-supported silver nanoparticles for pH-neutral electrocatalytic oxygen reduction

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 789-794

  Sun, Hongliang ^a,b,c   Xu, Kongliang ^a   Lu, Guolong ^a   Lv, Hongbin ^c   Liu, Zhenning ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Yunnan Open University   (China)

Author keywords

Electrocatalyst; graphene; microbial fuel cell (MFC); oxygen reduction reaction (ORR); pH neutral; silver nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SELECTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GRAPHENE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; ROTATING DISKS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROCATALYTIC OXYGEN REDUCTION; FOUR-ELECTRON REDUCTION; NANOCOMPOSITE CATALYST; OXYGEN CONTAINING GROUPS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PH-NEUTRAL; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

SILVER;

EID: 84904311180     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2014.2322091     Document Type: Article

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