Atomic-scaled cobalt encapsulated in P,N-doped carbon sheaths over carbon nanotubes for enhanced oxygen reduction electrocatalysis under acidic and alkaline media

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (71) ◽  
pp. 9862-9865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiyu Guo ◽  
Pengfei Yuan ◽  
Jianan Zhang ◽  
Pengbo Jin ◽  
Hongming Sun ◽  
...  

Atomic-scaled Co were distributed in N,P co-doped C@CNT coaxial nanocables, exhibiting superior electrocatalytic performance for ORR both in acid and alkaline media.

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (45) ◽  
pp. 22723-22729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziwu Liu ◽  
Xin Fu ◽  
Xianyong Wei ◽  
Feng Peng

Nitrogen and sulfur-codoped carbon nanotubes were synthesized with coal tar as nitrogen and sulfur precursors by employing the evocating agent of dicyandiamide. Resultant samples exhibited superior activities for the oxygen reduction reaction in both acidic and alkaline media.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 843-852
Author(s):  
Hunan Jiang ◽  
Jinyang Li ◽  
Mengni Liang ◽  
Hanpeng Deng ◽  
Zuowan Zhou

AbstractAlthough Fe–N/C catalysts have received increasing attention in recent years for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), it is still challenging to precisely control the active sites during the preparation. Herein, we report FexN@RGO catalysts with the size of 2–6 nm derived from the pyrolysis of graphene oxide and 1,1′-diacetylferrocene as C and Fe precursors under the NH3/Ar atmosphere as N source. The 1,1′-diacetylferrocene transforms to Fe3O4 at 600°C and transforms to Fe3N and Fe2N at 700°C and 800°C, respectively. The as-prepared FexN@RGO catalysts exhibited superior electrocatalytic activities in acidic and alkaline media compared with the commercial 10% Pt/C, in terms of electrochemical surface area, onset potential, half-wave potential, number of electrons transferred, kinetic current density, and exchange current density. In addition, the stability of FGN-8 also outperformed commercial 10% Pt/C after 10000 cycles, which demonstrates the as-prepared FexN@RGO as durable and active ORR catalysts in acidic media.


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