Comparison of nitrogen-doped graphene and carbon nanotubes as supporting material for iron and cobalt nanoparticle electrocatalysts toward oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline media for fuel cell applications

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 33, 2016, Pages 14665-14675

  Ghanbarlou, Hosna ^a   Rowshanzamir, Soosan ^a   Parnian, Mohammad Javad ^a   Mehri, Foad ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electrochemical characterization; Fe and Co nanoparticles; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Nitrogen doped graphene; Oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHENE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; REDUCTION; YARN;

ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; FE AND CO; MODIFIED POLYOL METHOD; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (MWCNTS); NITROGEN DOPED GRAPHENE; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84991698883     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.06.005     Document Type: Article

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