Active catalysts based on cobalt oxide@cobalt/N-C nanocomposites for oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline solutions

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1054-1064

  Huang, Dekang ^a   Luo, Yanping ^a   Li, Shaohui ^a   Zhang, Bingyan ^a   Shen, Yan ^a   Wang, Mingkui ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Co N C; CoO; electrocatalysis; oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904575105     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0468-1     Document Type: Article

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