FeCo nanocrystals encapsulated in N-doped carbon nanospheres/thermal reduced graphene oxide hybrids: Facile synthesis, magnetic and catalytic properties

Carbon

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 255-265

  Ma, Lianbo ^a   Shen, Xiaoping ^a,b   Zhu, Guoxing ^a   Ji, Zhenyuan ^a   Zhou, Hu ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; NANOCRYSTALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ENHANCED CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; FERROMAGNETIC BEHAVIORS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETER; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84905644498     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.05.028     Document Type: Article

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