Graphene Quantum Dots-Supported Palladium Nanoparticles for Efficient Electrocatalytic Reduction of Oxygen in Alkaline Media

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3315-3323

  Deming, Christopher P ^a   Mercado, Rene ^a   Gadiraju, Vamsi ^b   Sweeney, Samantha W ^a   Khan, Mohammad ^a   Chen, Shaowei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Harker School   (United States)

Author keywords

Defect; Graphene quantum dot; Hydrothermal; Oxygen reduction; Palladium nanoparticle; Volcano plot

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DEFECTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GRAPHENE; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXYGEN; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VOLCANOES;

CHAIN-LIKE NANOSTRUCTURES; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC REDUCTION OF OXYGENS; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL TEMPERATURE; OXYGEN REDUCTION; PALLADIUM NANOPARTICLES; VOLCANO PLOTS;

PALLADIUM;

EID: 84948965075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00927     Document Type: Article

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