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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 11, Issue 26, Pages 13916-13922Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d3ta02127k
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In this study, carbon materials with both graphiticity and porosity were successfully achieved by utilizing porogen templates. Pyrolysis of g-C3N4 with metallic Mg produced highly graphitized N-doped carbon with abundant Mg3N2 sites. The self-generated Mg3N2 acted as a template for a unique honeycomb-like porous structure, making it an effective support material for PtCo alloy nanoparticles in PEMFC operation, resulting in high peak power density.
Graphiticity and porosity are two marvelous properties desired in carbon support materials for electrocatalytically active materials. However, simultaneously incorporating the aforementioned properties is deemed incompatible with thermally induced carbon synthesis. A unique approach to realizing carbon materials with such dual properties at the same time is the use of porogen templates. In this study, g-C3N4 is pyrolyzed with the aid of metallic Mg to produce highly graphitized N-doped carbon endowed with abundant Mg3N2 sites. Notably, the self-generated Mg3N2 in the carbon matrix acts as a template for a unique honeycomb-like porous structure after etching of the porogen. Thus, the honeycomb-like N-doped graphitized carbon (HNGC) is found to be an effective support material for anchoring PtCo alloy nanoparticles which improved the mass transport pathways, resulting in a high peak power density in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) operation. In addition, HNGC's high graphiticity enables it to withstand the harsh conditions of the DOE accelerated durability test (ADT), while the N-doping enhances its mass activity (MA), contributing to excellent support durability and catalytic performance.
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