Fe–N-doped hierarchical mesoporous carbon nanomaterials as efficient catalysts for oxygen reduction in both acidic and alkaline media

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (20) ◽  
pp. 12518-12525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rongmin Dun ◽  
Menggeng Hao ◽  
Yumiao Su ◽  
Wenmu Li

Hierarchical mesoporous carbon nanomaterials synthesized using Fe2O3 hollow microspheres as a multifunctional template exhibit efficient catalytic performance for oxygen reduction in both acidic and alkaline media.

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (32) ◽  
pp. 16605-16610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenhua Zhong ◽  
Jiaxiang Chen ◽  
Peixin Zhang ◽  
Libo Deng ◽  
Lei Yao ◽  
...  

Plasma etching removed less stable carbons and exposed the active sites in Fe–N/C catalysts which resulted in excellent performances towards the oxygen reduction reaction in both acidic and alkaline media.


2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (16) ◽  
pp. 165708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuqin Liang ◽  
Haichuan Guo ◽  
Hangjia Shen ◽  
Hanzhang Gong ◽  
Fenghui Fan ◽  
...  

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.


Nanoscale ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (28) ◽  
pp. 15115-15127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng-geng Hao ◽  
Rong-min Dun ◽  
Yu-miao Su ◽  
Wen-mu Li

MF nanospheres decomposed into NH3 and CO2 as soft templates, nitrogen sources and pore-forming agents.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 4868-4878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lili Huo ◽  
Baocang Liu ◽  
Geng Zhang ◽  
Rui Si ◽  
Jian Liu ◽  
...  

2D Layered meso-M/N-C/N-G nanocomposites with high specific surface area, homogeneous distribution of ultra-small M-N-C nanoparticles less than 5 nm, and mesopores with a size of ∼3.6 nm exhibit excellent electrocatalytic activity toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in acidic and alkaline media.


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