Nitrogen-doped hollow carbon hemispheres as efficient metal-free electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline medium

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 605-609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuanlong Han ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Yutong Gong ◽  
Xuan Xu ◽  
Haoran Li ◽  
...  
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.


2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 876-885 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linmin Cao ◽  
Zhipeng Lin ◽  
Jilin Huang ◽  
Xiang Yu ◽  
Xiaoxian Wu ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 146 ◽  
pp. 106131
Author(s):  
Xiaobo Chen ◽  
Zhiqiang Li ◽  
Rumeng Qin ◽  
Shengjie Shan ◽  
Yibin Liu ◽  
...  

ACS Omega ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamás Varga ◽  
Lívia Vásárhelyi ◽  
Gergő Ballai ◽  
Henrik Haspel ◽  
Albert Oszkó ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 378 ◽  
pp. 104-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phiralang Marbaniang ◽  
Sagar Ingavale ◽  
Divya Catherin ◽  
Niranjan Ramgir ◽  
Anita Swami ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (92) ◽  
pp. 13832-13835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongshuang Wu ◽  
Minna Cao ◽  
Hanhui You ◽  
Chuan Zhao ◽  
Rong Cao

The first example of the preparation of nitrogen-doped holey carbon (NHC) with abundant in-plane holes derived from a rigid macrocycle cucurbit[6]uril self-assembly is reported.


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