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N-doped carbon nanotubes supported CoSe2 nanoparticles: A highly efficient and stable catalyst for H2O2 electrosynthesis in acidic media

Show Author's Information Longcheng Zhang1,2,§,  Jie Liang2,§,  Luchao Yue1,2,  Zhaoquan Xu2,  Kai Dong2,  Qian Liu2,  Yonglan Luo2,  Tingshuai Li2,  Xiaohong Cheng3( ),  Guanwei Cui4,  Bo Tang4,  Abdulmohsen Ali Alshehri5,  Khalid Ahmed Alzahrani5,  Xiaodong Guo1( ),  Xuping Sun2( )
School of Chemical Engineering Sichuan UniversityChengdu 610065 China
Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengdu 610054 China
Hubei Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Optoelectronic Materials and Devices Hubei University of Arts and ScienceXiangyang 441053 China
College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Shandong Normal UniversityJinan 250014 China
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science & Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203Jeddah 21589 Saudi Arabia

§ Longcheng Zhang and Jie Liang contributed equally to this work.

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Electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) provides an attractive alternative to anthraquinone process for H2O2 synthesis. Rational design of earth-abundant electrocatalysts for H2O2 synthesis via a two-electron ORR process in acids is attractive but still very challenging. In this work, we report that nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes as a multi-functional support for CoSe2 nanoparticles not only keep CoSe2 nanoparticles well dispersed but alter the crystal structure, which in turn improves the overall catalytic behaviors and thereby renders high O2-to-H2O2 conversion efficiency. In 0.1 M HClO4, such CoSe2@NCNTs hybrid delivers a high H2O2 selectivity of 93.2% and a large H2O2 yield rate of 172 ppm·h−1 with excellent durability up to 24 h. Moreover, CoSe2@NCNTs performs effectively for organic dye degradation via electro-Fenton process.


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N-doped carbon nanotubes supported CoSe2 nanoparticles: A highly efficient and stable catalyst for H2O2 electrosynthesis in acidic media

Show Author's information Longcheng Zhang1,2,§, Jie Liang2,§, Luchao Yue1,2, Zhaoquan Xu2, Kai Dong2, Qian Liu2, Yonglan Luo2, Tingshuai Li2, Xiaohong Cheng3( ), Guanwei Cui4, Bo Tang4, Abdulmohsen Ali Alshehri5, Khalid Ahmed Alzahrani5, Xiaodong Guo1( ), Xuping Sun2( )
School of Chemical Engineering Sichuan UniversityChengdu 610065 China
Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengdu 610054 China
Hubei Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Optoelectronic Materials and Devices Hubei University of Arts and ScienceXiangyang 441053 China
College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Shandong Normal UniversityJinan 250014 China
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science & Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203Jeddah 21589 Saudi Arabia

§ Longcheng Zhang and Jie Liang contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

Electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) provides an attractive alternative to anthraquinone process for H2O2 synthesis. Rational design of earth-abundant electrocatalysts for H2O2 synthesis via a two-electron ORR process in acids is attractive but still very challenging. In this work, we report that nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes as a multi-functional support for CoSe2 nanoparticles not only keep CoSe2 nanoparticles well dispersed but alter the crystal structure, which in turn improves the overall catalytic behaviors and thereby renders high O2-to-H2O2 conversion efficiency. In 0.1 M HClO4, such CoSe2@NCNTs hybrid delivers a high H2O2 selectivity of 93.2% and a large H2O2 yield rate of 172 ppm·h−1 with excellent durability up to 24 h. Moreover, CoSe2@NCNTs performs effectively for organic dye degradation via electro-Fenton process.

Keywords: electrocatalysis, hydrogen peroxide, cobalt selenide, nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube, two-electron oxygen reduction reaction

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 22072015, 21878195 and U20A20145), the Scientific and technological achievement transformation project of Sichuan Science and Technology Department (No. 21ZHSF0111), and Shanghai Scientific and Technological Innovation Project (No. 18JC1410604).

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