Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Nanohybrid for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Acidic, Alkaline and Neutral Solutions

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 50-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Yue Liu ◽  
Zan Wang ◽  
Jing Yan Chen ◽  
Xin Wang

Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (N-CNTs) have beenprepared on FeNi catalyst by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition in amixture of N2, O2, and CH4. On the opened topof CNT, multi-layer graphene grown self-assembly was observed by transmissionelectron microscopy and high resolution transmission electron microscopy. Thenanohybrid film analyzed by scanning electron microscopy exhibited a porous and3D morphology and pyridinic and graphitic nitrogen structure confirmed by x-rayphotoelectron spectroscopy. Electrochemical measurement indicated that the filmfacilitated about three-electron transferpathway for oxygen reduction reaction in neutral medium and two-electronreductions in both alkaline and acidic solutions.

RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (44) ◽  
pp. 25051-25056 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanhong Yin ◽  
Hengbo Zhang ◽  
Rongzhen Gao ◽  
Aili Wang ◽  
Xinxin Mao ◽  
...  

In this work, a Co–N doped carbon nanotube (CNT) catalyst was fabricated via a simple pyrolysis approach.


2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (34) ◽  
pp. 21950-21959 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuhang Li ◽  
Guoyu Zhong ◽  
Hao Yu ◽  
Hongjuan Wang ◽  
Feng Peng

DFT calculations reveal a mixed mechanism for the oxygen reduction reaction catalyzed by nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes in acidic electrolyte.


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.


2012 ◽  
Vol 215 ◽  
pp. 216-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun Xiong ◽  
Zidong Wei ◽  
Baoshan Hu ◽  
Siguo Chen ◽  
Li Li ◽  
...  

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