Nanocomposite of N-doped TiO2 nanorods and graphene as an effective electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 21978-21985

  Yuan, Wenjing ^a   Li, Juchuan ^b   Wang, Likun ^a   Chen, Ping ^a   Xie, Anjian ^a   Shen, Yuhua ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

N doped TiO2; nanocomposite; nitrogen doped graphene; oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANORODS; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; METHANOL TOLERANCE; N-DOPED; NITROGEN DOPED GRAPHENE; PT/C CATALYSTS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84919928173     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am507890h     Document Type: Article

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