High performance and bifunctional cobalt-embedded nitrogen doped carbon/nanodiamond electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions in alkaline media

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 305, Issue , 2016, Pages 64-71

  Wu, Yanzhuo ^a   Zang, Jianbing ^a   Dong, Liang ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Wang, Yanhui ^a  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Doped carbon; Nanodiamonds; Non precious metal electrocatalysts; Oxygen evolution reactions; Oxygen reduction reactions

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; CATALYSTS; COBALT; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; NANODIAMONDS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PRECIOUS METALS;

DOPED CARBONS; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; GRAPHITIZED CARBONS; METAL-FREE CATALYSTS; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBONS; NON-PRECIOUS METALS; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84948844477     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.11.050     Document Type: Article

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