Highly efficient nonprecious metal catalyst prepared with metal-organic framework in a continuous carbon nanofibrous network

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 34, 2015, Pages 10629-10634

  Shui, Jianglan ^a,b   Chen, Chen ^a   Grabstanowicz, Lauren ^a,c   Zhao, Dan ^d   Liu, Di Jia ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ALCOA TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fuel cell; Metal organic framework; Nanofibrous; Nonprecious metal catalyst; Oxygen reduction

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOFIBER; METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROSPINNING; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 84940519621     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1507159112     Document Type: Article

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