Novel graphite-carbon encased tungsten carbide nanocomposites by solid-state reaction and their ORR electrocatalytic performance in alkaline medium

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 174, Issue , 2015, Pages 172-177

  Huang, K ^a   Bi, K ^a   Xu, J C ^a   Liang, C ^a   Lin, S ^a   Wang, W J ^b   Yang, T Z ^b   Du, Y X ^c   Zhang, R ^a   Yang, H J ^a   Fan, D Y ^a   Wang, Y G ^a   Lei, M ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c ZHENGZHOU INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Electrocatalysis; High stability; Nanocomposites; Oxygen reduction; Tungsten carbide

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHITE; METHANOL; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PRECIOUS METALS; ROTATING DISKS; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; TUNGSTEN;

CARBIDE NANOPARTICLES; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; NOVEL NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDIZING ENVIRONMENTS; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES; SYNERGETIC INTERACTIONS;

TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

EID: 84930938287     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.05.152     Document Type: Article

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