Two-Electron Oxygen Reduction on Carbon Materials Catalysts: Mechanisms and Active Sites

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 121, Issue 27, 2017, Pages 14524-14533

  Chai, Guo Liang ^a   Hou, Zhufeng ^b   Ikeda, Takashi ^c   Terakura, Kiyoyuki ^b,d  

^a FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR QUANTUM AND RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; CATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; REDUCTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; ADSORPTION ON METALS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXYGEN REDUCTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL POTENTIAL; NOBLE METAL CATALYSTS; OXYGEN REDUCTION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 85024105848     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b04959     Document Type: Article

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