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Nitrogen-Containing Carbon Nanostructures as Oxygen-Reduction Catalysts

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Nitrogen-containing carbon nanostructure (CN x ) catalysts developed by acetonitrile pyrolysis have been studied to better understand their role in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in PEM and direct methanol fuel cell environments. Additional functionalization of the CN x catalysts with nitric acid has the ability to improve both the activity and selectivity towards ORR.

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Financial support provided for this work by the Department of Energy-Basic Energy Sciences (DE-FG02-07ER15896) and the National Science Foundation (CTS-0437451) is gratefully acknowledged. Authors also acknowledge the support provided by the Ohio Department of Development through the Wright Center of Innovation for Fuel Cells.

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    Elizabeth J. Biddinger, Dieter von Deak & Umit S. Ozkan

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Biddinger, E.J., von Deak, D. & Ozkan, U.S. Nitrogen-Containing Carbon Nanostructures as Oxygen-Reduction Catalysts. Top Catal 52, 1566–1574 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-009-9289-y

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