Ternary PdNi-based nanocrystals supported on nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide as highly active electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 235, Issue , 2017, Pages 543-552

  Sun, Lingna ^a   Liao, Biyan ^a   Ren, Xiangzhong ^a   Li, Yongliang ^a   Zhang, Peixin ^a   Deng, Libo ^a   Gao, Yuan ^a  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrocatalyst; Nitrogen doped graphene; Oxygen reduction reaction; Trimetallic

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COPPER ALLOYS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PALLADIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; CHEMICAL REDUCTION METHODS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN DOPED GRAPHENE; NITROGEN-DOPED; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; TRIMETALLIC;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 85016163523     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.03.159     Document Type: Article

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