Boron-Doped Carbon Nanotubes as Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

2011 ◽  
Vol 123 (31) ◽  
pp. 7270-7273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijun Yang ◽  
Shujuan Jiang ◽  
Yu Zhao ◽  
Lei Zhu ◽  
Sheng Chen ◽  
...  
2011 ◽  
Vol 50 (31) ◽  
pp. 7132-7135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijun Yang ◽  
Shujuan Jiang ◽  
Yu Zhao ◽  
Lei Zhu ◽  
Sheng Chen ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 439 ◽  
pp. 329-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ni Suo ◽  
Hao Huang ◽  
Aimin Wu ◽  
Guozhong Cao ◽  
Xiaoduo Hou ◽  
...  

Catalysts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenhua Yao ◽  
Ruiyang Fan ◽  
Wangyang Ji ◽  
Tingxuan Yan ◽  
Maocong Hu

In this work, non-traditional metal-free polynitrogen chain N8− deposited on a nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (PN-NCNT) catalyst was successfully synthesized by a facile cyclic voltammetry (CV) approach, which was further tested in an oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The formation of PN on NCNT was confirmed by attenuated total reflectance–Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy. Partial positive charge of carbon within NCNT facilitated electron transfer and accordingly induced the formation of more PN species compared to CNT substrate as determined by temperature-programmed decomposition (TPD). Rotating disk electrode (RDE) measurements suggested that a higher current density was achieved over PN-NCNT than that on PN-CNT catalyst, which can be attributed to formation of the larger amount of N8− on NCNT. Kinetic study suggested a four-electron pathway mechanism over PN-NCNT. Moreover, it showed long stability and good methanol tolerance, which indicates its great potential application. This work provides insights on designing and synthesizing non-traditional metal-free catalysts for ORR in fuel cells.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (66) ◽  
pp. 53637-53643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayoung Jo ◽  
Jakkid Sanetuntikul ◽  
Sangaraju Shanmugam

Phosphorous and boron-doped graphene, prepared using a single precursor, showed reasonable oxygen reduction activity and excellent stability in alkaline electrolyte.


Nanoscale ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (23) ◽  
pp. 14262-14269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shujuan Jiang ◽  
Zhe Li ◽  
Huayu Wang ◽  
Yun Wang ◽  
Lina Meng ◽  
...  

Nondoped CNTs were tuned to be an efficient ORR electrocatalyst by introducing topological defects to localize the orbital of CNTs, which enables the enhancement of O2 chemisorption and the electrocatalytic activity.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (21) ◽  
pp. 10537-10543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tran Van Tam ◽  
Sung Gu Kang ◽  
Kadumudi Firoz Babu ◽  
Eun-Suok Oh ◽  
Seung Geol Lee ◽  
...  

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.


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