Evaluating Potential Catalytic Active Sites on Nitrogen-Doped Graphene for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction: An Approach Based on Constant Electrode Potential Density Functional Theory Calculations

2020 ◽  
Vol 124 (47) ◽  
pp. 25675-25685
Author(s):  
Meng-Fu Chen ◽  
Tzu-Hsuan Chao ◽  
Min-Hsiu Shen ◽  
Qi Lu ◽  
Mu-Jeng Cheng
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 210272
Author(s):  
Ping Yan ◽  
Song Shu ◽  
Longhua Zou ◽  
Yongjun Liu ◽  
Jianjun Li ◽  
...  

Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) remains challenging due to its complexity and slow kinetics. In particular, Pt-based catalysts which possess outstanding ORR activity are limited in application with high cost and ease of poisoning. In recent years, nitrogen-doped graphene has been widely studied as a potential ORR catalyst for replacing Pt. However, the vague understanding of the reaction mechanism and active sites limits the potential ORR activity of nitrogen-doped graphene materials. Herein, density functional theory is used to study the reaction mechanism and active sites of nitrogen-doped graphene for ORR at the atomic level, focusing on explaining the important role of nitrogen species on ORR. The results reveal that graphitic N (GrN) doping is beneficial to improve the ORR performance of graphene, and dual-GrN-doped graphene can demonstrate the highest catalytic properties with the lowest barriers of ORR. These results provide a theoretical guide for designing catalysts with ideal ORR property, which puts forward a new approach to conceive brilliant catalysts related to energy conversion and environmental catalysis.


RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 6035-6041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shih-Hsuan Tai ◽  
Bor Kae Chang

The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) reactivity of various nitrogen-doped graphene configurations are probed in detail using density functional theory (DFT) calculations.


Author(s):  
Anderson Soares da Costa Azevêdo ◽  
Aldilene Saraiva-Souza ◽  
Vincent Meunier ◽  
Eduardo Costa Girão

Theoretical analysis based on density functional theory is used to describe the microscopic origins of emerging electronic and magnetic properties in quasi-1D nitrogen-doped graphene nanoribbon structures with chevron-like (or wiggly-edged)...


2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 2057-2065 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Vijaya Sundar ◽  
M. Kamaraj ◽  
V. Subramanian

An attempt has been made to investigate the possibility of utilizing nitrogen doped graphene for the aerobic oxidation of thiols to disulfides using density functional theory.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (43) ◽  
pp. 34070-34077 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Tian ◽  
Yue-jie Liu ◽  
Jing-xiang Zhao ◽  
Yi-hong Ding

We investigated the structural and electronic properties of Pt13 nanoparticles on various nitrogen (N)-doped graphene and their interaction with O by density functional theory (DFT) calculations.


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