Nitrogen and sulfur doped mesoporous carbon as metal-free electrocatalysts for the in situ production of hydrogen peroxide

Carbon

Volumn 95, Issue , 2015, Pages 949-963

  Perazzolo, Valentina ^a   Durante, Christian ^a   Pilot, Roberto ^a   Paduano, Andrea ^a   Zheng, Jian ^a   Rizzi, Gian Andrea ^a   Martucci, Alessandro ^a   Granozzi, Gaetano ^a   Gennaro, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrocatalysis; Hydrogen peroxide; Mesoporous carbon; Nitrogen doping; ORR; Sulfur doping

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; AROMATIZATION; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES; POROUS MATERIALS; REDUCTION; SULFUR;

CORE-LEVEL PHOTOEMISSION SPECTRA; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; MESOPOROUS CARBON; METAL-FREE ELECTROCATALYSTS; NITROGEN-DOPING; ORR; SULFUR DOPING;

MESOPOROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 84943525015     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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