Nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers on expanded graphite as oxygen reduction electrocatalysts

Carbon

Volumn 101, Issue , 2016, Pages 191-202

  Buan, Marthe E M ^a   Muthuswamy, Navaneethan ^a   Walmsley, John C ^b   Chen, De ^a   Rønning, Magnus ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DURABILITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHITE; NANOFIBERS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION METHODS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TESTING; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; LOW TEMPERATURE FUEL CELLS; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBON NANOFIBERS; OXYGEN REDUCTION CATALYSTS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PURIFICATION PROCEDURES;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84959150328     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2016.01.081     Document Type: Article

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