Phosphorus and nitrogen dual doped and simultaneously reduced graphene oxide with high surface area as efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction

Catalysts

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 981-991

  Qiao, Xiaochang ^a   Liao, Shijun ^a   You, Chenghang ^a   Chen, Rong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon catalyst; Fuel cell; Graphene; Oxygen reduction reaction; Phosphorus and nitrogen dual doped

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937397374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal5020981     Document Type: Article

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