Sulfur-Doped Fe/N/C Nanosheets as Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 30, 2016, Pages 19379-19385

  Hu, Kui ^a   Tao, Li ^a   Liu, Dongdong ^a   Huo, Jia ^a   Wang, Shuangyin ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

doping; electrocatalyst; Fe N C; ORR; sulfur

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYSTS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; IRON; REDUCTION; SULFUR;

ACID CONDITIONS; ACID SOLUTIONS; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NON-PRECIOUS METALS; OPTIMAL CATALYSTS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

ELECTROCATALYSTS;

EID: 84982718236     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b02078     Document Type: Article

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