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SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & FUELS
卷 4, 期 4, 页码 1642-1653出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c9se00834a
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51702050, 51906045]
- Foundation of CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy [Y807k61001]
- Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion [FSKLCCA1808]
- Open Research Foundation of Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy and Materials [JSBEM201608]
- Key Project of Department of Education of Guangdong Province [2016GCZX008]
- Featured Innovation Project of the Department of Education of Guangdong Province [2017KTSCX188]
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are widely explored for promising green and renewable energy generation; however, their strong reliance on noble metal-based catalysts causes high fabrication costs and thus limits their widespread applications. Herein, metal-free alternatives derived from naturally abundant, renewable pomelo peels are explored. Two kinds of pomelo peel-derived novel N-doped carbocatalysts are presented, i.e., biochar microspheres (BCMs) and their activated porous counterpart (a-BCMs). In comparison with BCMs, the thermal activation processing endowed a-BCMs with significantly enhanced porosity, an elevated N doping content (2.41 vs. 0.51 at%), a 5-fold increased specific surface area (314.3 vs. 62.8 m(2) g(-1)), and a much improved electrical conductivity (0.13 vs. 0.006 S cm(-1)). This metal-free a-BCM catalyst is subsequently employed to construct an MFC cathode for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), and an impressive electrocatalytic activity is achieved in 0.1 mol L-1 phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) buffer. The maximum power density reaches as high as 907.2 mW m(-2), comparable to that of the costly Pt/C counterpart (1022.9 mW m(-2)). The long-term durability of the a-BCM electrocatalyst is also demonstrated by continuous running for 90 days, even superior to that of Pt/C. The origin of this excellent electrocatalytic performance of a-BCMs is deeply analyzed and discussed. Furthermore, the 4e(-) reduction pathway is also unraveled for the efficient and durable carbocatalysis of the ORR over a-BCMs in MFCs.
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