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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 43, Issue 32, Pages 12657-12667Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c9nj02601k
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The selective two-electron oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on the cathode in electrocatalytic advanced oxidation is a promising environmental recovery method. Highly efficient 2e(-) pathway ORR electrocatalytic materials for in situ electrochemical synthesis of H2O2 are extremely important, but developing low-cost, green-cleaning electrocatalysts remains a huge challenge. In this study, to solve this problem, we synthesized a nitrogen-doped graphene (N-graphene) metal-free electrocatalyst and an N-graphene-graphite felt (GF) cathode. N-Graphene and N-graphene-GF were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray electron spectroscopy and nitrogen desorption-adsorption. The electron-spin resonance technique was used to identify the presence of hydroxyl radicals (OH). N-Graphene-GF was more favorable for in situ H2O2 activation to generate OH. Moreover, we also applied N-graphene-GF to an electro-Fenton (EF) system and investigated its electrocatalytic performance for oxygen reduction and pollutant degradation. N-Graphene-GF showed good performance in the selective two-electron ORR to produce H2O2 and excellent performance for the degradation of pollutants.
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