Physiochemical investigation of shape-designed MnO2 nanostructures and their influence on oxygen reduction reaction activity in alkaline solution

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 6604-6618

  Selvakumar, Karuppiah ^a   Senthil Kumar, Sakkarapalayam Murugesan ^a   Thangamuthu, Rangasamy ^a   Ganesan, Kruthika ^a   Murugan, Palanichamy ^a   Rajput, Parasmani ^b   Jha, Shambhu Nath ^b   Bhattacharyya, Dibyendu ^b  

^a CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ACTIVATION ENERGY; BINARY ALLOYS; CHEMICAL PLANTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; MANGANESE OXIDE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFLOWERS; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; NANOTUBES; NANOWIRES; OXYGEN; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE PRODUCTION; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; INTER-ATOMIC DISTANCES; KOUTECKY-LEVICH PLOTS; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE;

OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

EID: 84925967501     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5127915     Document Type: Article

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