Phase and composition controllable synthesis of cobalt manganese spinel nanoparticles towards efficient oxygen electrocatalysis

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Li, Chun ^a   Han, Xiaopeng ^a   Cheng, Fangyi ^a   Hu, Yuxiang ^a   Chen, Chengcheng ^a   Chen, Jun ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COBALT; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; ZINC;

CATALYSIS; COBALT; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; MANGANESE; NANOPARTICLE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SPINEL; SYMMETRY;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84930667373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8345     Document Type: Article

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