A General Approach to Preferential Formation of Active Fe-Nx Sites in Fe-N/C Electrocatalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 138, Issue 45, 2016, Pages 15046-15056

  Sa, Young Jin ^a   Seo, Dong Jun ^b   Woo, Jinwoo ^a   Lim, Jung Tae ^d   Cheon, Jae Yeong ^a   Yang, Seung Yong ^b   Lee, Jae Myeong ^b   Kang, Dongwoo ^a   Shin, Tae Joo ^a   Shin, Hyeon Suk ^a   Jeong, Hu Young ^a   Kim, Chul Sung ^d   Kim, Min Gyu ^c   Kim, Tae Young ^b   Joo, Sang Hoon ^a,b  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^d Kookmin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FUEL CELLS; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; IRON; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PYROLYSIS; SILICA; VIRTUAL STORAGE; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

ACTIVE SITE STRUCTURE; ALKALINE ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE PYROLYSIS; IN-SITU X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; NON-PRECIOUS METAL CATALYSTS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHETIC STRATEGIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; FERRIC ION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONVERSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POTENTIOMETRY; PYROLYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84996483795     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b09470     Document Type: Article

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