Bioinspired copper catalyst effective for both reduction and evolution of oxygen

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wang, Jiong ^a   Wang, Kang ^a   Wang, Feng Bin ^a   Xia, Xing Hua ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER NANOPARTICLE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYST; COMPOSITE; COPPER; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTROLYTE; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIGAND; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CURRENT DENSITY; DEHYDROGENATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NANOCATALYST; NANOFABRICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXYGEN ENHANCEMENT RATIO; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; PYROLYSIS; SURFACE AREA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84955570395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6285     Document Type: Article

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