Synthesis and X-ray Characterization of Cobalt Phosphide (Co2P) Nanorods for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 8108-8115

  Doan Nguyen, Vicky V T ^a   Zhang, Sen ^b   Trigg, Edward B ^a   Agarwal, Rahul ^a   Li, Jing ^c   Su, Dong ^c   Winey, Karen I ^a   Murray, Christopher B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

cobalt phosphide nanorods; electrocatalysis; oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; NANORODS; OXYGEN; TEMPERATURE; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY SCATTERING;

ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; COBALT PHOSPHIDE; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; LOW TEMPERATURE FUEL CELLS; ORTHORHOMBIC LATTICES; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; X-RAY CHARACTERIZATION;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84940108950     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02191     Document Type: Article

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