Facile synthesis of boron and nitrogen-doped graphene as efficient electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline media

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 28, 2014, Pages 16043-16052

  Xu, Xiao ^a   Yuan, Tao ^a   Zhou, Yingke ^a   Li, Yawei ^a   Lu, Jiming ^a   Tian, Xiaohui ^a   Wang, Deli ^b   Wang, Jie ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Boron doping; Graphene; Nitrogen doping; Oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; BORON; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; UREA; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BORON-DOPING; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC OXYGEN REDUCTION; LOW TEMPERATURE FUEL CELLS; MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURES; NITROGEN FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NITROGEN-DOPING; THERMAL SOLID STATE REACTIONS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84908235891     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.12.079     Document Type: Article

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