Photoassisted deposition of palladium nanoparticles on carbon nitride for efficient oxygen reduction

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 27, 2016, Pages 14467-14473

  Konda, Suresh K ^a   Amiri, Mona ^a   Chen, Aicheng ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NITRIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DEPOSITION; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; NITRIDES; OXYGEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC BEHAVIOR; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; LINEAR-SCAN VOLTAMMETRY; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PALLADIUM NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOASSISTED DEPOSITION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84978898143     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b02080     Document Type: Article

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