Carbon black/sulfur-doped graphene composite prepared by pyrolysis of graphene oxide with sodium polysulfide for oxygen reduction reaction

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 142, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-60

  Shervedani, Reza Karimi ^a   Amini, Akbar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbon black; Graphene nanosheet; Oxygen reduction reaction; Sulfur modified graphene

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOSHEETS; POLYSULFIDES; SODIUM; SULFUR; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAPHENE COMPOSITES; GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; GRAPHENE OXIDES;

GRAPHENE; CARBON BLACK;

EID: 84906685406     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.07.108     Document Type: Article

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