期刊
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
卷 2, 期 5, 页码 3253-3263出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.9b00100
关键词
heteroatoms; dual doping; silk cotton; porous carbon; oxygen reduction reaction; polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell
资金
- CSIR, New Delhi, under FTT project [MLP 0202]
- CSIR [31/20 (0171)/2018-EMR-I]
Porous carbon derived from silk cotton and heteroatom engineering is explored in this study for developing metal-free electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction (ORR). Individual and dual doping of N and F heteroatoms was conducted to regulate defects and the pore geometry to the porous carbon matrix. Microscopic analysis of N-F co-doped cotton carbon (N-F/CTC) undergoes morphological amendments in its textural properties and defects responsible in creating active sites for ORR. N-F/CTC catalyst exhibits excellent ORR catalytic activity and methanol and CO tolerance in the alkaline medium, which makes it a potential metal-free ORR catalyst for the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. N-F/CTC catalyst is subjected to 10 000 repeated potential cycles with no degradation in its activity. XPS analysis of N-F/CTC catalyst revealed the presence of N in the form of pyridinic-N, pyrrolic-N, graphitic-N, active species, and F in the form of C-F ionic and C-F semi-ionic active forms. The maximum C-C bond polarization, charge redistribution, and high spin densities in the carbon matrices are attained by all these active forms present in the catalyst and synergistically enhance the ORR activity.
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