Effect of the Oxide-Carbon Heterointerface on the Activity of Co3O4/NRGO Nanocomposites toward ORR and OER

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 7949-7958

  Kumar, Kavita ^a   Canaff, Christine ^a   Rousseau, Julie ^a   Arrii Clacens, Sandrine ^a   Napporn, Teîko W ^a   Habrioux, Aurélien ^a   Kokoh, Kouakou B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHARGE TRANSFER; COBALT; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METALS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SECONDARY BATTERIES; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CONDUCTING SUBSTRATES; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; GRAPHENE-BASED COMPOSITES; METAL-AIR BATTERY; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84966311111     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b00313     Document Type: Article

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