Carbonized nanoscale metal-organic frameworks as high performance electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 12660-12668

  Zhao, Shenlong ^a,b,c   Yin, Huajie ^c   Du, Lei ^b   He, Liangcan ^c   Zhao, Kun ^c   Chang, Lin ^c   Yin, Geping ^c   Zhao, Huijun ^d   Liu, Shaoqin ^a,b   Tang, Zhiyong ^c  

^a North West Polytechnical University   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

carbonization; direct methanol fuel cell; metal organic framework; oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; AMMONIA; CARBONIZATION; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METAL-AIR BATTERIES; METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS; METHANOL FUELS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANOMETALLICS; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; PRECIOUS METALS;

DIRECT FUEL CELLS; ELECTROCATALYST FOR OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTIONS; HALF-WAVE POTENTIAL; MASS PRODUCTION; NANOSCALE METALS; NON-NOBLE METAL CATALYSTS; ONSET POTENTIAL; POWER DENSITIES;

OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

EID: 84919707347     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn505582e     Document Type: Article

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