Structural Evolution from Metal-Organic Framework to Hybrids of Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon and Carbon Nanotubes for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Activity

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 7610-7618

  Zhang, Linjie ^a   Wang, Xiuyun ^a   Wang, Ruihu ^a   Hong, Maochun ^a  

^a FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; NANOTUBES; NITROGEN; ORGANOMETALLICS; POROUS MATERIALS; UREA; YARN;

CARBON AND NITROGEN; LARGE SURFACE AREA; METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK; METHANOL TOLERANCE; ORR ELECTROCATALYSTS; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84947969426     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02708     Document Type: Article

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