Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanoparticle-Carbon Nanofiber Composite as an Efficient Metal-Free Cathode Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 6962-6971

  Panomsuwan, Gasidit ^a,d   Saito, Nagahiro ^b,c   Ishizaki, Takahiro ^a,c  

^a SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

fuel cells; nitrogen doped carbon materials; oxygen reduction reaction; solution plasma process

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOFIBERS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FUEL CELLS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; NANOFIBERS; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN PLASMA; OXYGEN; SECONDARY BATTERIES;

CARBON NANOFIBER COMPOSITES; FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBONS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOLUTION PLASMA PROCESS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84962069891     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b10493     Document Type: Article

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