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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 335, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2020.135666
Keywords
Carbon dots-decorating; Heteroatom dopant; Porous carbon; Oxygen reduction; Zn-air battery
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21878342]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2018M643001]
- Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [2019jj50758]
- Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Plan Project, China [2019TP1001]
- Postdoctoral Science Foundation of Central South University [205440]
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Developing advanced carbon materials as a metal-free electrocatalyst to replace noble metal-based one for, but not limited to, oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is of great allure but remains challenging. In this work, carbon dots (CDs) self-decorated, N, S codoped porous carbon (NSPC) was fabricated by alkaliassisted protein decomposition and reconstruction. Specifically, in hot alkaline solution, proteins hydrolyzed into protein fragments, and then part of the fragments formed highly crystalline CDs. After freeze-dried and pyrolyzed, the CDs-containing protein fragments were converted into CDs/NSPC composites. The as-prepared CDs/NSPC possesses rich edge, heteroatom-dopant, high porosity, and smooth electron transfer between CDs and NSPC, synergistically contributing to CDs/NSPC such an outstanding ORR catalytic performance that even outperforms Pt/C. Furthermore, CDs/NSPC was evaluated as an air electrode catalyst for Zn-air batteries with excellent stability and high-power density. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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