Modified Carbon Materials for O2 Reduction Reaction Electrocatalysts in Acid PEM Fuel Cells

Non-Noble Metal Fuel Cell Catalysts

Volumn 9783527333240, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-156

  Singh, Deepika ^a   King, Jesaiah ^a   Ozkan, Umit S ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathode catalysts; Heteroatom doped carbons; Nitrogen doping; Oxygen reduction reaction; Single walled and multi walled carbon nanotube; Transition metal effects

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CATHODE CATALYST; DOPED CARBONS; HETEROATOM-DOPED CARBON; HETEROATOMS; MULTI-WALLED-CARBON-NANOTUBES; NITROGEN-DOPING; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; SINGLE-WALLED; SINGLE-WALLED AND MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE; TRANSITION METAL EFFECT;

TRANSITION METALS;

EID: 84926486524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527664900.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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