Synthesis of Fe-doped carbon hybrid composed of CNT/flake-like carbon for catalyzing oxygen reduction
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Carbon-based materials with tunable properties have emerged as promising candidates to replace Pt-based catalysts for accelerating oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells or metal-air batteries. In this work, we constructed a carbon hybrid which consists of one-dimensional (1D) carbon nanotubes and flake-like carbons by pyrolysis of leaf-like metal-organic frameworks. The optimal hybrid electrocatalyst of Fe7%-L-CNT-900 possesses the desired features for ORR, including active Fe species, high degree of graphitization, large specific surface area, and hierarchical porous structures. Consequently, Fe7%-L-CNT-900 performs a high electrocatalytic activity for ORR with a half-wave potential of 0.88 V, which is comparable to that of Pt/C (20 wt.%). This strategy provides an insight into the investigation of highly efficient and low-cost composite electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction.
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Synthesis of Fe-doped carbon hybrid composed of CNT/flake-like carbon for catalyzing oxygen reduction
), Jing Tang1,2,4(
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Carbon-based materials with tunable properties have emerged as promising candidates to replace Pt-based catalysts for accelerating oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells or metal-air batteries. In this work, we constructed a carbon hybrid which consists of one-dimensional (1D) carbon nanotubes and flake-like carbons by pyrolysis of leaf-like metal-organic frameworks. The optimal hybrid electrocatalyst of Fe7%-L-CNT-900 possesses the desired features for ORR, including active Fe species, high degree of graphitization, large specific surface area, and hierarchical porous structures. Consequently, Fe7%-L-CNT-900 performs a high electrocatalytic activity for ORR with a half-wave potential of 0.88 V, which is comparable to that of Pt/C (20 wt.%). This strategy provides an insight into the investigation of highly efficient and low-cost composite electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction.
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The authors acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 22005099). This work was partly sponsored by Shanghai Pujiang Program (No. 19PJ1402500) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
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