Highly active nitrogen-doped nanocarbon electrocatalysts for alkaline direct methanol fuel cell

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 281, Issue , 2015, Pages 94-102

  Kruusenberg, Ivar ^a   Ratso, Sander ^a   Vikkisk, Merilin ^a   Kanninen, Petri ^b   Kallio, Tanja ^b   Kannan, Arunachala M ^c   Tammeveski, Kaido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline fuel cell; Carbon nanotubes; Few layer graphene; Nitrogen doping; Non platinum catalysts; Oxygen reduction

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATHODES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GRAPHENE; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; IONIZATION OF GASES; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PLATINUM METALS; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ALKALINE ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; ALKALINE DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE; NITROGEN-DOPING; NON-PLATINUM; OXYGEN REDUCTION; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 84922344113     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.01.167     Document Type: Article

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