Direct Transformation from Graphitic C3N4 to Nitrogen-Doped Graphene: An Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 19626-19634

  Li, Jiajie ^a   Zhang, Yumin ^a   Zhang, Xinghong ^a   Han, Jiecai ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Gu, Lin ^b   Zhang, Zhihua ^c   Wang, Xianjie ^a   Jian, Jikang ^d   Xu, Ping ^a   Song, Bo ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c DALIAN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

electrocatalysis; graphitic C3N4; metal free; N doped graphene; oxygen reduction

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHENE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; GRAPHITIC C3N4; METAL FREE; METAL-FREE ELECTROCATALYSTS; N-DOPED; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PT-BASED ELECTROCATALYST;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84941072561     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b03845     Document Type: Article

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