Journal
ACS CATALYSIS
Volume 7, Issue 9, Pages 6082-6088Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b01649
Keywords
oxygen reduction; electrocatalysis; MOFs; nitrogen doping; hierarchical porosity
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21575300, 21576299]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFB0101200 (2016YFB0101204)]
- Guangdong Province Nature Science Foundation [2014A030313150]
- Guangzhou Science and Technology Project [201607010104, 201707010079]
- Tiptop Scientific and Technical Innovative Youth Talents of Guangdong special support program [2016TQ03N322]
- Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province [2017A050501009]
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Rational design of the microstructure and intrinsic active sites of nitrogen-doped carbon (NC) materials to achieve highly efficient oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts is extremely important for many renewable energy devices. Herein, we develop a metal-organic framework (MOF) derived metal-free NC material via a simple and low-cost NH3 activation strategy. With NH3 activation, the ORR catalytic performance of the MOF-derived material shows a great promotion. The material outperforms commercial Pt/C catalyst toward ORR catalysis in alkaline media with similar to 28 mV higher half-wave potential. This amazing ORR performance might be attributed to its large specific surface area, hierarchical porosity, and full exposure of valid N species (mainly graphitic-N) to the ORR, which result from the facile NH3 activation.
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