Preparation and electrocatalytic activity of transition metal/nitrogen doped carbon catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

Journal of Molecular Catalysis

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 553-563

  Zhang, Rong ^a   Liu, Lu ^a   Ma, Fei ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Wang, Wen Yang ^a   Li, Rui Feng ^a  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Catalytic active sites; Electrocatalysis; Kinetics; Oxygen reduction reaction; Transition metal and nitrogen doped graphite

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CATALYSIS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENZYME KINETICS; GRAPHITE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSITION METALS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYTIC ACTIVE SITES; EFFECTS OF HEAT TREATMENT; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; NITROGEN-DOPED; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBONS; NON NOBLE TRANSITION METALS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84921865066     PISSN: 10013555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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