Chitin-derived porous carbon loaded with Co, N and S with enhanced performance towards electrocatalytic oxygen reduction, oxygen evolution, and hydrogen evolution reactions

2019 ◽  
Vol 304 ◽  
pp. 350-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaxiang Chen ◽  
Lei Qiu ◽  
Zheling Li ◽  
Guanhui Gao ◽  
Wenhua Zhong ◽  
...  
Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinnusamy Sathiskumar ◽  
Shanmugam Ramakrishnan ◽  
Mohanraj Vinothkannan ◽  
Ae Rhan Kim ◽  
Srinivasan Karthikeyan ◽  
...  

Tremendous developments in energy storage and conversion technologies urges researchers to develop inexpensive, greatly efficient, durable and metal-free electrocatalysts for tri-functional electrochemical reactions, namely oxygen reduction reactions (ORRs), oxygen evolution reactions (OERs) and hydrogen evolution reactions (HERs). In these regards, this present study focuses upon the synthesis of porous carbon (PC) or N-doped porous carbon (N-PC) acquired from golden shower pods biomass (GSB) via solvent-free synthesis. Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) studies confirmed the doping of nitrogen in N-PC. In addition, morphological analysis via field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) provide evidence of the sheet-like porous structure of N-PC. ORR results from N-PC show the four-electron pathway (average n = 3.6) for ORRs with a Tafel slope of 86 mV dec−1 and a half-wave potential of 0.76 V. For OERs and HERs, N-PC@Ni shows better overpotential values of 314 and 179 mV at 10 mA cm−2, and its corresponding Tafel slopes are 132 and 98 mV dec−1, respectively. The chronopotentiometry curve of N-PC@Ni reveals better stability toward OER and HER at 50 mA cm−2 for 8 h. These consequences provide new pathways to fabricate efficient electrocatalysts of metal-free heteroatom-doped porous carbon from bio-waste/biomass for energy application in water splitting and metal air batteries.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (22) ◽  
pp. 13591-13601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin-Tao Ren ◽  
Zhong-Yong Yuan

Highly porous carbon nanosheets with N-coordinated metals are rationally developed and show outstanding electrocatalytic oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution performance.


2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 1414-1448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao-Fan Wang ◽  
Liyu Chen ◽  
Huan Pang ◽  
Stefan Kaskel ◽  
Qiang Xu

The morphology and composition design of MOF-derived carbon-based materials and their applications for electrocatalytic ORR, OER and HER are reviewed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (19) ◽  
pp. 6420-6448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd. Khalid ◽  
Prerna A. Bhardwaj ◽  
Ana M. B. Honorato ◽  
Hamilton Varela

Recent advances of single-atom-based carbon nanomaterials for the ORR, OER, HER, and bifunctional electrocatalysis are covered in this review article.


2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1699-1711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu Min Tan ◽  
Chun Kiang Chua ◽  
David Sedmidubský ◽  
Zdenĕk Sofer ◽  
Martin Pumera

The study of the inherent electrochemistry of layered metal chalcogenides, GaSe and GeS, was performed. In particular, their impact towards the electrochemical sensing of redox probes as well as catalysis of oxygen reduction, oxygen evolution and hydrogen evolution reactions was examined.


RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (43) ◽  
pp. 24392-24398
Author(s):  
Wen-Chao Lu ◽  
Zi-Chun Zhu ◽  
Bei-Hua Hou ◽  
Hai-Xia Zhang ◽  
Min-Ji Liao ◽  
...  

The bulk preparation of an N, P and Fe Tri-doped nano-porous carbon sample using recyclable Pueraria powder, which exhibits dual activities.


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