Varying the morphology of Fe-N-C electrocatalysts by templating Iron Phthalocyanine precursor with different porous SiO2 to promote the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 177, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-50

  Monteverde Videla, Alessandro H A ^a   Osmieri, Luigi ^a   Armandi, Marco ^a   Specchia, Stefania ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

iron; mesoporous silica; oxygen reduction reaction; phthalocyanine; Rotating ring disk electrode; stability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL PLANTS; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; IRON; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; OXYGEN; PYROLYSIS; SILICA;

ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE PRODUCTION; INERT ATMOSPHERES; IRON PHTHALOCYANINES; MESOPOROUS SILICA; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PHTHALOCYANINE; ROTATING RING-DISK ELECTRODE;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84941418950     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.01.165     Document Type: Article

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