Bottom up synthesis of boron-doped graphene for stable intermediate temperature fuel cell electrodes

Carbon

Volumn 123, Issue , 2017, Pages 605-615

  Tennyson, Wesley D ^a   Tian, Mengkun ^b   Papandrew, Alexander B ^b   Rouleau, Christopher M ^a   Puretzky, Alexander A ^a   Sneed, Brian T ^a   More, Karren L ^a   Veith, Gabriel M ^a   Duscher, Gerd ^a,b   Zawodzinski, Thomas A ^a,b   Geohegan, David B ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron; Boron doped carbon; CsH2PO4; Few layer graphene; Pulsed laser vaporization; Single wall carbon nanohorns; Solid acid fuel cells

Indexed keywords

BORON; CATALYST SUPPORTS; CATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; LASER BEAMS; NANOHORNS; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; PULSED LASERS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VAPORIZATION;

BORON-DOPED CARBONS; CSH2PO4; FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE; PULSED LASER VAPORIZATION; SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOHORN; SOLID-ACID FUEL CELLS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 85028694032     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.08.002     Document Type: Article

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