Efficient metal-free N-doped mesoporous carbon catalysts for ORR by a template-free approach

Carbon

Volumn 106, Issue , 2016, Pages 179-187

  Ferrero, Guillermo A ^a   Fuertes, Antonio B ^a   Sevilla, Marta ^a   Titirici, Maria Magdalena ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIZATION; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CATALYSTS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS;

HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; MESOPOROUS CARBON; METHANOL CROSSOVER; N-DOPED MESOPOROUS CARBONS; NITROGEN FUNCTIONALITIES; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; SCALABLE APPROACH; SYNTHESIS PROCEDURE;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 85008352222     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2016.04.080     Document Type: Article

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