scholarly journals Polyaniline-Derived N-Doped Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Thin Films: Efficient Catalysts towards Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 2382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Quílez-Bermejo ◽  
Emilia Morallón ◽  
Diego Cazorla-Amorós
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Porous Structure ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Carbon Materials ◽  
Current Collector ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
Ordered Mesoporous

One of the most challenging targets in oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts based on N-doped carbon materials is the control of the pore structure and obtaining nanostructured thin films that can easily be incorporated on the current collector. The carbonization of nitrogen-containing polymers and the heat treatment of a mixture of carbon materials and nitrogen precursor are the most common methods for obtaining N-doped carbon materials. However, in this synthetic protocols, the surface area and pore distribution are not controlled. This work enables the preparation of 2D-ordered N-doped carbon materials through the carbonization of 2D polyaniline. For that purpose, aniline has been electropolymerized within the porous structure of two different templates (ordered mesoporous Silica and ordered mesoporous Titania thin films). Thus, aniline has been impregnated into the porous structure and subsequently electropolymerized by means of chronoamperometry at constant potential. The resultant samples were heat-treated at 900 °C with the aim of obtaining 2D N-doped carbon materials within the template structures. Polyaniline and polyaniline-derived carbon materials have been analyzed via XPS and TEM and characterized by electrochemical measurements. It is worth noting that the obtained 2D-ordered mesoporous N-doped carbon materials have proved to be highly active electrocatalysts for the ORR because of the formation of quaternary nitrogen species during the heat treatment.

scholarly journals Oxygen-reduction catalysis of N-doped carbons prepared via heat treatment of polyaniline at over 1100 °C

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (35) ◽  
pp. 4441-4444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Quílez-Bermejo ◽  
Emilia Morallón ◽  
Diego Cazorla-Amorós
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Carbon Materials ◽  
Reduction Reaction

Advanced catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction based on N-doped carbon materials have been designed via pyrolysis of polyaniline at temperatures above 1100 °C.

N and S Co-doped Ordered Mesoporous Carbon: An Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Microbial Fuel Cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 625-638
Author(s):  
Leila Samiee ◽  
Sedigheh Sadegh Hassani
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Carbon Materials ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Carbon Substrate ◽  
Promising Candidate ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Carbon Framework ◽  
Co Doped

Background: Porous carbon materials are promising candidate supports for various applications. In a number of these applications, doping of the carbon framework with heteroatoms provides a facile route to readily tune the carbon properties. The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), where the reaction can be catalyzed without precious metals is one of the common applications for the heteroatom-doped carbons. Therefore, heteroatom doped catalysts might have a promising potential as a cathode in Microbial fuel cells (MFCs). MFCs have a good potential to produce electricity from biological oxidization of wastes at the anode and chemical reduction at the cathode. To the best of our knowledge, no studies have been yet reported on utilizing Sulfur trioxide pyridine (STP) and CMK-3 for the preparation of (N and S) doped ordered porous carbon materials. The presence of highly ordered mesostructured and the synergistic effect of N and S atoms with specific structures enhance the oxygen adsorption due to improving the electrocatalytic activity. So the optimal catalyst, with significant stability and excellent tolerance of methanol crossover can be a promising candidate for even other storage and conversion devices. Methods: The physico-chemical properties of the prepared samples were determined by Small Angle X-ray Diffraction (SAXRD), N2 sorption-desorption, Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). The prepared samples were further applied for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the optimal cathode was tested with the Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) system. Furthermore, according to structural analysis, The HRTEM, and SAXRD results confirmed the formation of well-ordered hexagonal (p6mm) arrays of mesopores in the direction of (100). The EDS and XPS approved that N and S were successfully doped into the CMK-3 carbon framework. Results: Among all the studied CMK-3 based catalysts, the catalyst prepared by STP precursor and pyrolysis at 900°C exhibited the highest ORR activity with the onset potential of 1.02 V vs. RHE and 4 electron transfer number per oxygen molecule in 0.1 M KOH. The high catalyst durability and fuel-crossover tolerance led to stable performance of the optimal cathode after 5000 s operation, while the Pt/C cathode-based was considerably degraded. Finally, the MFC system with the optimal cathode displayed 43.9 mW·m-2 peak power density showing even reasonable performance in comparison to a Pt/C 20 wt.%.cathode. Conclusions: The results revealed that the synergistic effect of nitrogen and sulfur co-doped on the carbon substrate structure leads to improvement in catalytic activity. Also, it was clearly observed that the porous structure and order level of the carbon substrate could considerably change the ORR performance.

Theoretical Modelling and Facile Synthesis of a Highly Active Boron-Doped Palladium Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (24) ◽  
pp. 6842-6847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tat Thang Vo Doan ◽  
Jingbo Wang ◽  
Kee Chun Poon ◽  
Desmond C. L. Tan ◽  
Bahareh Khezri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Palladium Catalyst ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Theoretical Modelling ◽  
Facile Synthesis ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
Boron Doped

Tunable mesoporous manganese oxide for high performance oxygen reduction and evolution reactions

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 620-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Islam M. Mosa ◽  
Sourav Biswas ◽  
Abdelhamid M. El-Sawy ◽  
Venkatesh Botu ◽  
Curtis Guild ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Manganese Oxide ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Oxygen Evolution ◽  
Oxygen Evolution Reaction ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Noble Metal Catalysts ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
State Of Art

Understanding the origin of manganese oxide activity for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a key step towards rationally designing of highly active catalysts capable of competing with the widely used, state-of-art noble metal catalysts.

scholarly journals Highly efficient electrocatalysts with CoO/CoFe2O4 composites embedded within N-doped porous carbon materials prepared by hard-template method for oxygen reduction reaction

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (89) ◽  
pp. 56375-56381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinxin Jin ◽  
Yu Jiang ◽  
Qi Hu ◽  
Shaohua Zhang ◽  
Qike Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Alkaline Solution ◽  
Porous Carbon ◽  
Carbon Materials ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Template Method ◽  
Hard Template ◽  
Hard Template Method

Low-cost dual transition metal (Fe and Co) based non-noble metal electrocatalysts (NNMEs) with large surface area and porous structure boost oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance in alkaline solution.

The role of iron in the preparation and oxygen reduction reaction activity of nitrogen-doped carbon

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (12) ◽  
pp. 2450-2453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dae-Soo Yang ◽  
Min Young Song ◽  
Kiran Pal Singh ◽  
Jong-Sung Yu
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Acidic Media ◽  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity ◽  
Exact Role ◽  
Ordered Mesoporous ◽  
Nitrogen Doped Carbon

The exact role of iron in catalyzing oxygen reduction reaction in both alkaline and acidic media is portrayed with unique platelet ordered mesoporous carbon prepared using Fe-phthalocyanine as iron, nitrogen and carbon sources.

Oxygen reduction reaction on Pd nanoparticles supported on novel mesoporous carbon materials

2021 ◽  
pp. 139132
Author(s):  
Madis Lüsi ◽  
Heiki Erikson ◽  
Kaido Tammeveski ◽  
Alexey Treshchalov ◽  
Arvo Kikas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Mesoporous Carbon ◽  
Carbon Materials ◽  
Pd Nanoparticles ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Mesoporous Carbon Materials

Hollow PtCo Nanowires with Rough Surfaces as Highly Active Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (22) ◽  
pp. 5399-5405
Author(s):  
Jincheng Wang ◽  
Chuang Li ◽  
Wenjun Zhu ◽  
Jipeng Meng ◽  
Changhai Liang
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Rough Surfaces ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Highly Active
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