Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ on N-doped mesoporous carbon derived from organic waste as a bi-functional oxygen catalyst

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 25, 2016, Pages 10744-10754

  Wang, Jian ^a   Zhao, Hong ^a   Gao, Yang ^a   Chen, Dengjie ^a   Chen, Chi ^a   Saccoccio, Mattia ^a   Ciucci, Francesco ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fuel cells; N doped porous carbon; Non precious catalyst; Oxygen evolution; Oxygen reduction; Perovskite

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBONIZATION; CATALYSTS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN; PEROVSKITE; POROUS MATERIALS; REDUCTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; WASTES;

ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; NITROGEN-DOPED MESOPOROUS CARBONS; NON-PRECIOUS CATALYSTS; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION; POROUS CARBONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES;

ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 84964584672     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.04.049     Document Type: Article

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