Subnanometer Cobalt-Hydroxide-Anchored N-Doped Carbon Nanotube Forest for Bifunctional Oxygen Catalyst

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1571-1577

  Kim, Ji Eun ^a   Lim, Joonwon ^a   Lee, Gil Yong ^a   Choi, Sun Hee ^b   Maiti, Uday Narayan ^a,c   Lee, Won Jun ^a   Lee, Ho Jin ^a   Kim, Sang Ouk ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

amorphous metal oxide; bifunctional oxygen catalyst; carbon nanotubes; cobalt hydroxide; N doping

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY CONVERSION; FUEL CELLS; FUEL STORAGE; HYBRID MATERIALS; METALS; NANOTUBES; OXYGEN; REDOX REACTIONS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; YARN;

AMORPHOUS METALS; BI-FUNCTIONAL CATALYSTS; BIFUNCTIONAL OXYGEN CATALYSTS; COBALT HYDROXIDES; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXYGEN; ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGES; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; N-DOPING;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84955563977     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b10297     Document Type: Article

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