Carbon-Doped Boron Nitride Nanosheet: An Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 47, 2015, Pages 26348-26354

  Zhao, Jingxiang ^a,b   Chen, Zhongfang ^b  

^a HARBIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; NANOSHEETS; NITRIDES; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; SHEET METAL;

ACTIVATION BARRIERS; CARBON-DOPED BORON NITRIDE; EARTH-ABUNDANT MATERIALS; HYDROGENATION PATHWAY; METAL-FREE ELECTROCATALYSTS; ORR ELECTROCATALYSTS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PT-BASED CATALYST;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84948677337     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09037     Document Type: Article

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