Heating treated carbon nanotubes as highly active electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 154, Issue , 2015, Pages 177-183

  Liu, Mengjia ^a   Li, Jinghong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; defects; heating treatment; oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; DEFECTS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; HEATING; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; REDUCTION; VIRTUAL STORAGE; YARN;

ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSIONS; HEATING CONDITIONS; HEATING TREATMENTS; LONG TERM DURABILITY; METHANOL TOLERANCE; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84919909278     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.12.039     Document Type: Article

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