Dual-phase spinel MnCo2O4 and spinel MnCo 2O4/nanocarbon hybrids for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction and evolution

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 12684-12691

  Ge, Xiaoming ^a   Liu, Yayuan ^a,b   Goh, F W Thomas ^a   Hor, T S Andy ^a,c   Zong, Yun ^a   Xiao, Peng ^d   Zhang, Zheng ^a   Lim, Suo Hon ^a   Li, Bing ^a   Wang, Xin ^d   Liu, Zhaolin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

covalent coupling; metal air battery; nanocarbon; oxygen evolution reaction; oxygen reduction reaction; spinel; transition metal oxide

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; HYBRID MATERIALS; OXYGEN; PLATINUM ALLOYS;

COVALENT COUPLINGS; METAL-AIR BATTERY; NANO-CARBON; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; SPINEL; TRANSITION-METAL OXIDES;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84906269282     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am502675c     Document Type: Article

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