Cobalt and Nitrogen Codoped Graphene with Inserted Carbon Nanospheres as an Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 4131-4136

  Qiao, Xiaochang ^a   Liao, Shijun ^a   Zheng, Ruiping ^a   Deng, Yijie ^a   Song, Huiyu ^a   Du, Li ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanospheres; Cobalt and nitrogen codoping; Graphene; Insertion; Oxygen evolution reaction; Oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COBALT; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FUEL CELLS; NANOSPHERES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PRECIOUS METALS; REGENERATIVE FUEL CELLS; SECONDARY BATTERIES;

CARBON NANOSPHERE; CO-DOPING; INSERTION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84980028129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b00451     Document Type: Article

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