Journal
NPJ 2D MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS
Volume 5, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41699-020-00185-x
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- CINECA award under the ISCRA initiative
- HPC@ POLITO
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Nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide functionalized with hydroxylated copper ions shows good electrocatalytic performance for the oxygen reduction reaction, with high current retention during stability testing. This material has potential applications in high-performance fuel cells and metal-air batteries.
Nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide is successfully synthesized and functionalized with hydroxylated copper ions via one-pot microwave-assisted route. The presence of cationic Cu coordinated to the graphene layer is fully elucidated through a set of experimental characterizations and theoretical calculations. Thanks to the presence of these hydroxyl-coordinated Cu2+ active sites, the proposed material shows good electrocatalytic performance for the oxygen reduction reaction, as evidenced by an electron transfer number of almost 4 and by high onset and half-wave potentials of 0.91V and 0.78V vs. the reversible hydrogen electrode, respectively. In addition, the N-doped Cu-functionalized graphene displays a superior current retention with respect to a commercial Pt/C catalyst during the stability test, implying its potential implementation in high-performance fuel cells and metal-air batteries.
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