Carbon dots with tunable concentrations of trapped anti-oxidant as an efficient metal-free catalyst for electrochemical water oxidation
2016 ◽
Vol 4
(38)
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pp. 14614-14624
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Keyword(s):
Carbon dots, containing keto-groups as active sites and the highest abundance of an anti-oxidant, 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde, efficiently catalyse oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline medium and generate 10 mA cm−2at 0.21 V overpotential..