Carbon Nanohorn-Derived Graphene Nanotubes as a Platinum-Free Fuel Cell Cathode

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 43, 2015, Pages 24256-24264

  Unni, Sreekuttan M ^a,b   Illathvalappil, Rajith ^a   Bhange, Siddheshwar N ^a   Puthenpediakkal, Hasna ^a   Kurungot, Sreekumar ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

Author keywords

carbon nanohorns; carbon nanotube; electrocatalyst; fuel cell; oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FUEL CELLS; FUEL STORAGE; GRAPHENE; IRON; IRON OXIDES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOHORNS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; SECONDARY BATTERIES; TEMPERATURE; VIRTUAL STORAGE; YARN;

CARBON NANOHORN; ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGES; IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; LOW TEMPERATURE FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PLATINUM-FREE FUEL CELL CATHODE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; SINGLE CELL PERFORMANCE;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84946771491     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b07802     Document Type: Article

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