Repercussion of the carbon matrix for the activity and stability of Fe/N/C electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 183, Issue , 2016, Pages 185-196

  Domínguez, Carlota ^a   Pérez Alonso, Francisco José ^a   Salam, Mohamed Abdel ^b   Al Thabaiti, Shaeel A ^b   Peña, Miguel Antonio ^a   García García, F Javier ^c   Barrio, Laura ^a   Rojas, Sergio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CATÁLISIS Y PETROLEOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Durability; Fuel cells; Graphene; Iron; Oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; DURABILITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHENE; IRON; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OXYGEN; X RAY ABSORPTION; YARN;

ACTIVE CARBON; CARBON MATRIX; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; GRAPHENE LIKES; ORR ACTIVITIES; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOELECTRONIC;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84975062044     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.10.043     Document Type: Article

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