Nanodiamond/nitrogen-doped graphene (core/shell) as an effective and stable metal-free electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 174, Issue , 2015, Pages 1017-1022

  Dong, Liang ^a,b   Zang, Jianbing ^a   Su, Jing ^a   Jia, Yingdan ^a   Wang, Yanhui ^a   Lu, Jing ^c   Xu, Xipeng ^c  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY AT QINHUANGDAO   (China)

^c HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Core shell Structure; Nanodiamond; Nitrogen doped Graphene; Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GRAPHENE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; REDUCTION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITIES; GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; METAL IMPURITIES; NITROGEN DOPED GRAPHENE; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; THERMAL CONVERSION;

NANODIAMONDS;

EID: 84947207852     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.06.057     Document Type: Article

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