N-doped carbon encapsulated Co3O4 nanoparticles as a synergistic catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction in acidic media

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3875-3882

  Wang, Kai ^a   Wang, Rongfang ^a   Li, Hao ^b   Wang, Hui ^a   Mao, Xuefeng ^a   Linkov, Vladimir ^c   Ji, Shan ^c  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acidic media; Co3O4; Fuel cell; N doped carbon material; Oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COSTS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; NANOCATALYSTS; NANOPARTICLES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ACIDIC MEDIA; AGGREGATED STRUCTURE; CO3O4; HALF-WAVE POTENTIAL; INTER-MOLECULAR FORCES; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMOGRAMS; N-DOPED; SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPES;

PLATINUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84923246507     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.01.100     Document Type: Article

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