Synthesis of phosphorus-doped carbon hollow spheres as efficient metal-free electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction

Carbon

Volumn 82, Issue C, 2015, Pages 562-571

  Wu, Jiao ^a   Jin, Chao ^a   Yang, Zhenrong ^a   Tian, Jinhua ^a   Yang, Ruizhi ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SODIUM SULFATE; SPHERES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; LONG TERM STABILITY; METAL-FREE ELECTROCATALYSTS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; ROTATING RING-DISK ELECTRODE TECHNIQUES; SPHERICAL STRUCTURES;

CARBON;

EID: 84922771289     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.11.008     Document Type: Article

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