Graphene-enhanced oxygen reduction by MN4 type cobalt(III) Catalyst

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 97-102

  Gartia, Yashraj ^a   Parnell, Charlette M ^a   Watanabe, Fumiya ^b   Szwedo, Peter ^a   Biris, Alexandru S ^b   Peddi, Nandan ^a   Nima, Zeid A ^b   Ghosh, Anindya ^a  

^a Department of Chemistry University of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobalt complex; electrocatalyst; fuel cell; graphene; oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXYGEN; RATE CONSTANTS; ROTATING DISKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COBALT COMPLEXES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; FUEL CELL APPLICATION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES; ROTATING RING-DISK ELECTRODE; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84920288516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc500589w     Document Type: Article

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