CVD grown CNTs within iron modified and graphitized carbon aerogel as durable oxygen reduction catalysts in acidic medium

Carbon

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 518-528

  Kolla, Praveen ^a   Lai, Chuilin ^a   Mishra, Srujan ^a   Fong, Hao ^a   Rhine, Wendell ^b   Smirnova, Alevtina ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ASPEN AEROGELS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; CARBON; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GRAPHITIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOFIBERS; OXYGEN; REDUCTION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITIES; GRAPHITIZED CARBONS; MATERIAL STRUCTURE; METHANOL TOLERANCE; MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURES; OXYGEN REDUCTION CATALYSTS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 85027943000     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.08.010     Document Type: Article

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