A hybrid-assembly approach towards nitrogen-doped graphene aerogel supported cobalt nanoparticles as high performance oxygen reduction electrocatalysts

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 464, Issue , 2016, Pages 83-88

  Liu, Ruili ^a   Jin, Yeqing ^b   Xu, Peimin ^b   Xing, Xia ^b   Yang, Yuxing ^a   Wu, Dongqing ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Hybrids; Nitrogen doped graphene; Oxygen reduction

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; CARBON; COBALT; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GRAPHENE; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PYROLYSIS; SCAFFOLDS;

CATALYTIC EFFICIENCIES; COBALT NANOPARTICLES; ELECTROCATALYST FOR OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTIONS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; HYBRIDS; NITROGEN DOPED GRAPHENE; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBONS; OXYGEN REDUCTION;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

CARBON; COBALT; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; GRAPHITE; NANOPARTICLE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; CURRENT DENSITY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DESORPTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEL; HEAT TREATMENT; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEADY STATE; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84947791124     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.11.007     Document Type: Article

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