Gently reduced graphene oxide incorporated into cobalt oxalate rods as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 140, Issue , 2014, Pages 404-411

  Phihusut, Doungkamon ^a   Ocon, Joey D ^a   Jeong, Beomgyun ^a   Kim, Jin Won ^a   Lee, Jae Kwang ^b   Lee, Jaeyoung ^a,b  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

bifunctional electrocatalyst; Cobalt oxalate; graphene; oxygen evolution reaction (OER); oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)

Indexed keywords

COBALT; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GRAPHENE; IONIZATION OF GASES; OXALIC ACID; OXYGEN; REACTION KINETICS; REGENERATIVE FUEL CELLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BI-FUNCTIONAL CATALYSTS; BIFUNCTIONAL ELECTROCATALYSTS; COBALT OXALATE; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; BI-FUNCTIONAL; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES;

ELECTROCATALYSTS; GRAPHENE;

EID: 84907599201     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.05.050     Document Type: Article

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