Low-temperature synthesized nitrogen-doped iron/iron carbide/partly-graphitized carbon as stable cathode catalysts for enhancing bioelectricity generation

Carbon

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 8-19

  Chan, Ying Zi ^a   Dai, Ying ^a,b   Li, Rui ^a   Zou, Jin Long ^a   Tian, Guo Hui ^a   Fu, Hong Gang ^a  

^a HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEILONGJIANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CARBIDES; CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUEL CELLS; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; NITROGEN; PLATINUM; TEMPERATURE;

CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON BASED CATALYSTS; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS); OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 84925588318     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.03.026     Document Type: Article

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