Journal
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 433, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.133651
Keywords
H2O2 production; Carbon-based electrocatalyst; Two-electron oxgyen reduction reaction; Phosphating
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21876117, U1833124, U1833202]
- Open Research Fund of School of Chemistry and Chemical Engi-neering, Henan Normal University [2021YB05]
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This study designs and fabricates a 3D interconnected P-doped nickel/porous carbon material with high electrocatalytic performance for 2e(-) ORR by modulating its crystallinity through phosphating. The catalyst exhibits a considerable H2O2 yield and selectivity, showing great potential for H2O2 production.
Exploring highly efficient electrocatalyst for H2O2 production based on two-electron oxygen reduction reaction (2e(-) ORR) is still a challenge. Herein, we design and fabricate a 3D interconnected P-doped nickel/porous carbon material (P-Ni/MC) through a NaCl template-assisted strategy. The interconnected macro/meso/micro-porous structure increases the specific surface area of catalyst with higher mass transfer rate, and the phosphating treatment endows the catalyst with a disordered amorphous state, which induces more active sites on catalyst surface and thus boosting their electrocatalytic performance for 2e(-) ORR. When tested in 0.1 M KOH, a considerable H2O2 yield of 4.40 mol h(-1) g(cat.)(-1) and an outstanding H2O2 selectivity over 98% can be obtained with decent electrochemical durability, which is 3-folds higher than that of Ni/MC without phosphating (1.46 mol h(-1) g(cat.)(-1)). This strategy opens the eyes for developing highly efficient carbon-based catalyst for 2e(-) ORR by modulating its crystallinity through phosphating.
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