Electrocatalytic oxygen reduction activity of boron-doped carbon nanoparticles synthesized via solution plasma process

Electrochemistry Communications

Volumn 59, Issue , 2015, Pages 81-85

  Panomsuwan, Gasidit ^a,b   Saito, Nagahiro ^c,d   Ishizaki, Takahiro ^a,d  

^a SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrocatalyst; Heteroatom doped carbon; Oxygen reduction reaction; Solution plasma process

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; OXYGEN;

BORON-DOPED CARBONS; CARBON NANO-PARTICLES; DOPED CARBONS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC OXYGEN REDUCTION; LONG TERM DURABILITY; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; SOLUTION PLASMA PROCESS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84938151980     PISSN: 13882481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2015.07.005     Document Type: Article

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