In situ synthesis of mesoporous manganese oxide/sulfur-doped graphitized carbon as a bifunctional catalyst for oxygen evolution/reduction reactions

Carbon

Volumn 94, Issue , 2015, Pages 1028-1036

  Gao, Yang ^a   Zhao, Hong ^a   Chen, Dengjie ^a   Chen, Chi ^a   Ciucci, Francesco ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITIZATION; MANGANESE OXIDE; OXYGEN; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

BI-FUNCTIONAL CATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSIONS; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC); REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84940416581     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.07.084     Document Type: Article

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