NaCl protected synthesis of 3D hierarchical metal-free porous nitrogen-doped carbon catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in acidic electrolyte

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (61) ◽  
pp. 9023-9026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Wu ◽  
Xiaoju Wan ◽  
Jianghai Deng ◽  
Xun Huang ◽  
Siguo Chen ◽  
...  

A high-performance 3D hierarchical porous metal-free N-doped carbon catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction in acidic medium was synthesized with ZnO as a mesoporous template and NaCl as both a macroporous template and a structure protective agent.

RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (47) ◽  
pp. 29555-29563
Author(s):  
Songlin Zhao ◽  
Fushan Chen ◽  
Qunfeng Zhang ◽  
Lingtao Meng

Nitrogen-doped porous carbon materials have high potential in metal-free electrocatalysts, which is essential for several renewable energy conversion systems.


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.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (23) ◽  
pp. 6606-6612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaqi Cao ◽  
Yuanzhi Zhu ◽  
Xifan Chen ◽  
Bahreselam Sielu Abraha ◽  
Wenchao Peng ◽  
...  

The hierarchical structure enhances oxygen diffusion, improves electron transfer, and exposes more catalytic active sites for the ORR.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 2581-2589 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Ferrero ◽  
K. Preuss ◽  
A. B. Fuertes ◽  
M. Sevilla ◽  
M.-M. Titirici

High-performance nitrogen-doped carbon electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction have been synthesized by the rational design of their pore structure.


2018 ◽  
Vol 462 ◽  
pp. 65-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qin Xiang ◽  
Sha Li ◽  
Xuefeng Zou ◽  
Yujie Qiang ◽  
Bingbing Hu ◽  
...  

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (112) ◽  
pp. 92648-92655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sankararao Mutyala ◽  
Jayaraman Mathiyarasu ◽  
Ashok Mulchandani

Here, we report a low-cost, noble metal free Fe–N–C catalyst prepared using carbonized polyaniline (PANI) and ferric chloride as precursors in an inert atmosphere for oxygen reduction reaction.


2016 ◽  
Vol 75 (14) ◽  
pp. 1035-1040 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. L. Alonso-Lemus ◽  
B. Escobar-Morales ◽  
F. J. Rodriguez-Varela ◽  
D. Gonzalez-Quijano ◽  
D. Lardizabal ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 4284-4290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yinghui Wang ◽  
Xing Ding ◽  
Fan Wang ◽  
Junqi Li ◽  
Shuyan Song ◽  
...  

We prepared N-doped double carbon coated MnO composites and explored their applications in lithium ion batteries and oxygen reduction reaction.


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