International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ( IF 8.1 ) Pub Date : 2019-09-12 , DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.08.133 Lei Lu , Jia Yu , Zongdeng Wu , Jiawei Fan , Wu Lei , Yu Ouyang , Xifeng Xia , Guangyu He , Qingli Hao
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) plays a key role in the application of fuel cells. Here, we used shaddock peel to fabricate a set of N, P dual-doped hierarchical porous carbons, abbreviated as NPSPs, where the carbons were carbonized, activated and dual-doped via a simple one-step pyrolyzation. Contrast results indicate the contents of pyridinic-N, graphitic-N and P–C species increase with the rising of temperatures, and the temperature also affects the degree of graphitization, surface area, morphology, thus influences the ORR performance. More importantly, the NPSP-900 demonstrates an outstanding ORR activity with a comparable half-wave potential (0.83 V vs. RHE) and higher current density with respect to commercial Pt/C, following 4e transfer pathway. Our work illustrates that NPSP-900 is a promising cathode for fuel cells because of its simple preparation, waste utilization, excellent ORR performance, good methanol tolerance and superior stability.
中文翻译:
柚子皮衍生的氮和磷双掺杂分级多孔碳,是用于氧还原反应的高性能催化剂
氧还原反应(ORR)在燃料电池的应用中起着关键作用。在这里,我们用柚子皮制作了一组N,P双掺杂的分级多孔碳,缩写为NPSP,其中碳通过简单的一步热解进行碳化,活化和双掺杂。对比结果表明,吡啶-N,石墨-N和P–C种类的含量随温度的升高而增加,温度还影响石墨化程度,表面积,形态,从而影响ORR性能。更重要的是,NPSP-900遵循4e转移途径,具有出色的ORR活性,具有可比的半波电势(相对于RHE为0.83 V)和相对于商业Pt / C更高的电流密度。