Spinel LiMn2O4 nanoparticles dispersed on nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide nanosheets as an efficient electrocatalyst for aluminium-air battery

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 30, 2015, Pages 9225-9234

  Liu, Yisi ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Li, Wenzhang ^a   Li, Yaomin ^b   Chen, Qiyuan ^a   Liu, Yang ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminium air battery; Electrocatalyst; LiMn2O4; Nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide; Oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATHODES; CHARGE TRANSFER; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LITHIUM BATTERIES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE OXIDE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSHEETS; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; LIMN2O4; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SPINEL LITHIUM MANGANESE OXIDES; STEADY-STATE POLARIZATION CURVES; TWO-STEP HYDROTHERMAL METHOD;

LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES;

EID: 84937520826     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.05.153     Document Type: Article

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