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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 118, Issue 31, Pages 17616-17625Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp5038365
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- New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) [10000829-0, 10000832-0]
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N-doped carbon-based nanomaterials are attracting a great interest as promising Pt-free electrode catalysts for polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs). In this computational study, we demonstrate that N-doped graphene edges can exhibit enhanced catalytic activity toward oxygen reduction reactions by controlling their electron-donating and -withdrawing abilities and basicity, resulting in higher selectivity of 4e(-) reduction via inner- and outer-sphere electron transfer at edges under acidic conditions, respectively. Our simulations also show that 2e(-) reduction occurs selectively in the presence of pyridinic N next to carbonyl O at zigzag edges. This study thus rationalizes the roles of doped N in graphenelike materials for oxygen reduction reactions.
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