Controlled synthesis of sustainable N-doped hollow core-mesoporous shell carbonaceous nanospheres from biomass

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1809-1819

  Han, Chuanlong ^a   Wang, Shiping ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Li, Mingming ^a   Deng, Jiang ^a   Li, Haoran ^a   Wang, Yong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

biomass; hollow nanospheres; n doped; oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027930301     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0540-x     Document Type: Article

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