Fe/N/C electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction in PEM fuel cells using nitrogen-rich ligand as precursor

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 11311-11319

  Yang, Lingling ^a,b   Su, Yumiao ^b,c   Li, Wenmu ^b,c   Kan, Xianwen ^a  

^a ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYSTS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; IONIZATION OF GASES; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; METAL IONS; NITROGEN; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); REDUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTIVE SITE STRUCTURE; DEGREE OF COORDINATION; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; HIGH-TEMPERATURE PYROLYSIS; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; METHANOL TOLERANCE; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84930624462     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp511576q     Document Type: Article

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