Carbon aerogel supported Pt-Zn catalyst and its oxygen reduction catalytic performance in magnesium-air batteries

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 2863-2870

  Zhang, Yun ^a   Wu, Xiaomei ^a   Fu, Yanbao ^b   Shen, Weidian ^c   Zeng, Xiaoqin ^a   Ding, Wenjiang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; ALKALINITY; CARBON; CARBON BLACK; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC;

CATALYTIC CAPABILITY; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; IMPREGNATION-REDUCTION METHOD; ORR ELECTROCATALYSTS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; SPECIFIC DISCHARGE CAPACITY;

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

EID: 84961287969     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2014.343     Document Type: Article

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