DOI: 10.1039/c7ta01485f. Synthesis of B-doped graphene quantum dots as a metal-free electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction

Synthesis of B-doped graphene quantum dots as a metal-free electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction

10.1039/c7ta01485f

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Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Journal of Materials Chemistry A (292)

Abstract

Boron-doped graphene quantum dots (BGQDs) have been synthesized by a one-step, facile and low temperature method through the hydrothermal treatment for the efficient metal-free electrocatalyst toward the oxygen reduction reaction.

Bibliography

Van Tam, T., Kang, S. G., Babu, K. F., Oh, E.-S., Lee, S. G., & Choi, W. M. (2017). Synthesis of B-doped graphene quantum dots as a metal-free electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5(21), 10537â10543.

Authors 6

Tran Van Tam (first)
Sung Gu Kang (additional)
Kadumudi Firoz Babu (additional)
Eun-Suok Oh (additional)
Seung Geol Lee (additional)
Won Mook Choi (additional)

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Created	8 years, 4 months ago (April 27, 2017, 12:53 p.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 4 months ago (April 17, 2024, 6:51 p.m.)
Indexed	18 hours, 1 minute ago (Aug. 27, 2025, 12:34 p.m.)
Issued	8 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 1, 2017)
Published	8 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 1, 2017)
Published Online	8 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 1, 2017)

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@article{Van_Tam_2017, title={Synthesis of B-doped graphene quantum dots as a metal-free electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction}, volume={5}, ISSN={2050-7496}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7ta01485f}, DOI={10.1039/c7ta01485f}, number={21}, journal={Journal of Materials Chemistry A}, publisher={Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)}, author={Van Tam, Tran and Kang, Sung Gu and Babu, Kadumudi Firoz and Oh, Eun-Suok and Lee, Seung Geol and Choi, Won Mook}, year={2017}, pages={10537–10543} }

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      "value": "Received 17 February 2017; Accepted 26 April 2017;  Accepted Manuscript published 27 April 2017;  Advance Article published 16 May 2017;  Version of Record published 30 May 2017",
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