Scalable 3-D Carbon Nitride Sponge as an Efficient Metal-Free Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalyst for Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries

ACS Nano

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 347-357

  Shinde, Sambhaji S ^a   Lee, Chi Ho ^a   Sami, Abdul ^a   Kim, Dong Hyung ^a   Lee, Sang Uck ^a   Lee, Jung Ho ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

aminoguanidine; bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst; carbon nitride sponge; phosphorus and sulfur; Zn air battery

Indexed keywords

CARBON NITRIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DURABILITY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; NITRIDES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SULFUR; ZINC;

AMINOGUANIDINE; BI-FUNCTIONAL; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; LIMITING CURRENT DENSITY; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; THREE ELECTRODE-SYSTEM;

SECONDARY BATTERIES;

EID: 85018192891     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b05914     Document Type: Article

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