Facile synthesis of nitrogen and sulfur codoped carbon from ionic liquid as metal-free catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 7214-7221

  She, Yiyi ^a   Lu, Zhouguang ^b   Ni, Meng ^c   Li, Li ^a   Leung, Michael K H ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ionic liquid; Metal free catalyst; Nitrogen and sulfur codoping; Oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SELECTIVITY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHITE; IONIC LIQUIDS; IONIZATION OF GASES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; SULFUR;

BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHANE SULFONYL)IMIDE; CO-DOPING; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE; HIGH NITROGEN CONTENT; HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES; LARGE SPECIFIC SURFACE AREAS; METAL-FREE CATALYSTS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84926633462     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00222     Document Type: Article

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