Effect of ZIF-8 crystal size on the O2 electro-reduction performance of pyrolyzed Fe–N–C catalysts

Catalysts

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1333-1351

  Armel, Vanessa ^a   Hannauer, Julien ^a   Jaouen, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Electrocatalysis; Fuel cell; Metal organic framework; Non precious metal; Oxygen reduction; Templating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938260763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal5031333     Document Type: Article

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