Silver-Copper Nanoalloy Catalyst Layer for Bifunctional Air Electrodes in Alkaline Media

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 32, 2015, Pages 17782-17791

  Wu, Xiaoqiang ^a   Chen, Fuyi ^a   Jin, Yachao ^a   Zhang, Nan ^a   Johnston, Roy L ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

nanoalloy; oxygen reduction reaction; primary zinc air battery; pulsed laser deposition; rechargeable zinc air battery

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; BINDING ENERGY; CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; COPPER; CORE LEVELS; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FOAMS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PULSED LASERS; ROTATING DISKS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SILVER ALLOYS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC;

CHARGE AND DISCHARGE; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; NANOALLOY; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; RECHARGEABLE ZINC-AIR BATTERIES; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA; ZINC-AIR BATTERY;

SILVER;

EID: 84939826268     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04061     Document Type: Article

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