Facile preparation of Ag-Cu bifunctional electrocatalysts for zinc-air batteries

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 158, Issue , 2015, Pages 437-445

  Jin, Yachao ^a   Chen, Fuyi ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Metal air battery; Oxygen reduction reaction; Silver copper catalyst

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; COPPER; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; OXYGEN; ROTATING DISKS; SILVER; SILVER ALLOYS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; ZINC;

BIFUNCTIONAL ELECTROCATALYSTS; CHARGE-DISCHARGE CYCLE; COPPER CATALYST; GALVANIC DISPLACEMENT REACTIONS; METAL-AIR BATTERY; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; RECHARGEABLE ZINC-AIR BATTERIES; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES;

SECONDARY BATTERIES;

EID: 84922374484     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.01.151     Document Type: Article

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