Polyaniline-derived ordered mesoporous carbon as an efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

Catalysts

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1034-1045

  Wan, Kai ^a   Yu, Zhi Peng ^a   Liang, Zhen Xing ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia activation; Electrocatalysis; Fuel cells; Nitrogen doped mesoporous carbon; Oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937423857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal5031034     Document Type: Article

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