Influence of Nitrogen doping on the Catalytic Activity of Ni-incorporated Carbon Nanofibers for Alkaline Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 142, Issue , 2014, Pages 228-239

  Thamer, Badr M ^a   El Newehy, Mohamed H ^a,b   Barakat, Nasser A M ^c,d   Abdelkareem, Mohammad Ali ^d   Al Deyab, Salem S ^a   Kim, Hak Yong ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Tanta University   (Egypt)

^c Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d Minia University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Fuel Cells; Methanol electrooxidation; Nickel; Nitrogen doping

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROOXIDATION; ELECTROSPINNING; FUEL CELLS; METABOLISM; METHANOL; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; UREA; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; NICKEL;

ALKALINE DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; METHANOL ELECTROOXIDATION; MODIFIED CARBON NANOFIBERS; NICKEL ACETATE TETRAHYDRATE; NITROGEN-DOPING; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

NICKEL; ELECTROSPINNING;

EID: 84906687611     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.07.053     Document Type: Article

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