Carbon-inoculated complex compounds

The electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction were prepared as follows. These complex compounds were inoculated onto the carbon (AG-3, BET area near 800 m2/g) by means of adsorption from dimethylformamide solutions. The portion of complex compound weighed so as to achieve 3% of Co content was mixed with the carbon, then 5 ml of dimethylformamide per 1 g of the carbon were added and the mixture was cured at room temperature for 24 hours. Series of samples obtained were thermally treated (pyrolyzed), and the resulting grafted carbons were tested as electrode materials in the reaction of molecular oxygen reduction. 

A drawback of using complex degradation environments such as mature compost is that simultaneous characterisation of intermediate degradation products of determination of the carbon balance is difficult due to the presence of a great number of interfering compounds. To overcome this, an alternative test is currently under development based on an inoculated mineral bed based matrix . ... 

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