Highly efficient oxygen reduction on porous nitrogen-doped nanocarbons directly synthesized from cellulose nanocrystals and urea

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 170, Issue , 2015, Pages 234-241

  Liu, Qiao ^a,b,c   Chen, Chongyi ^a   Pan, Fuping ^b   Zhang, Junyan ^b  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^c NINGBO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanosheets; Cellulose nanocrystals; Fuel cell; Nitrogen doping; Oxygen reduction

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; METABOLISM; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSHEETS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); UREA;

CARBON NANOSHEETS; CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; METHANOL CROSSOVER EFFECTS; NITROGEN-DOPING; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

CATALYSTS; CELLULOSE; NITROGEN; UREA;

EID: 84929454834     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.04.094     Document Type: Article

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