Gold nanocrystals with variable index facets as highly effective cathode catalysts for lithium-oxygen batteries

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e155-

  Su, Dawei ^a,b   Dou, Shixue ^b   Wang, Guoxiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GOLD; LITHIUM; LITHIUM BATTERIES; NANOCRYSTALS; OXYGEN; SECONDARY BATTERIES;

CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; CATALYTIC REACTIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; HIGH REVERSIBLE CAPACITIES; HIGH SURFACE ENERGY; HIGHLY EFFECTIVE CATHODE; LITHIUM-OXYGEN BATTERIES; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84925241340     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2014.130     Document Type: Article

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