Positive effect of heat treatment on carbon-supported CoS nanocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

Catalysts

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1211-1220

  Zhong, Haihong ^a   Xi, Jingmin ^a   Tang, Pinggui ^a   Li, Dianqing ^a   Feng, Yongjun ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline medium; Heat treatment; Non precious metal catalyst; Oxygen reduction reaction; Solvothermal synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937419677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal5031211     Document Type: Article

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