N-doped graphene as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions in an alkaline electrolyte

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 28, 2014, Pages 15913-15919

  Wang, Liang ^a   Yin, Fengxiang ^a   Yao, Changxu ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrocatalyst; Lithium air battery; N doped grapheme; Oxygen evolution reaction; Oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; LITHIUM-AIR BATTERIES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; SHOTCRETING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; BIFUNCTIONAL ELECTROCATALYSTS; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; N-DOPED; NITROGEN DOPED GRAPHENE; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION (OER); ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES;

OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION;

EID: 84908225510     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.04.071     Document Type: Article

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