Nitrogen doped graphene prepared by hydrothermal and thermal solid state methods as catalyst supports for fuel cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4337-4348

  Jafri, R Imran ^a   Rajalakshmi, N ^a   Dhathathreyan, K S ^a   Ramaprabhu, S ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Full cell; Methanol oxidation reaction; Nitrogen doped graphene; Oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METHANOL; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROCATALYST FOR OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; METHANOL OXIDATION REACTIONS; MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURES; NITROGEN DOPED GRAPHENE; PLATINUM NANO-PARTICLES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84924214506     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.02.008     Document Type: Article

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