Nitrogen and sulfur co-doped mesoporous carbon materials as highly efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 145, Issue , 2014, Pages 259-269

  Shi, Jingjing ^a   Zhou, Xuejun ^a   Xu, Pan ^a   Qiao, Jinli ^a   Chen, Zhongwei ^b   Liu, Yuyu ^c  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mesoporous carbon material; N and S co doping; Oxygen reduction reaction; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Indexed keywords

CO-DOPED; CO-DOPING; MESOPOROUS CARBON MATERIALS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

EID: 84907538757     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.08.091     Document Type: Article

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