Tuning of Trifunctional NiCu Bimetallic Nanoparticles Confined in a Porous Carbon Network with Surface Composition and Local Structural Distortions for the Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction, Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions

2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (34) ◽  
pp. 14688-14701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Ariful Ahsan ◽  
Alain R. Puente Santiago ◽  
Yu Hong ◽  
Ning Zhang ◽  
Manuel Cano ◽  
...  
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.


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.


RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (47) ◽  
pp. 26728-26754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sohini Bhattacharyya ◽  
Chayanika Das ◽  
Tapas Kumar Maji

Hetero-atom doped porous carbon materials derived from MOFs are efficient noble metal-free electrocatalysts.


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