Sulfur-doped carbon spheres as efficient metal-free electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 178, Issue , 2015, Pages 806-812

  Sun, Yan ^a   Wu, Jiao ^a   Tian, Jinghua ^a   Jin, Chao ^a   Yang, Ruizhi ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon; electrocatalyst; Oxygen reduction reaction; sulfur doping

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; SPHERES; SULFUR;

ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY AND STABILITY; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; METAL-FREE ELECTROCATALYSTS; MICRO-POROUS STRUCTURE; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; ROTATING RING-DISK ELECTRODE TECHNIQUES; SULFUR DOPING;

CARBON DISULFIDE;

EID: 84940543678     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.08.059     Document Type: Article

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