Chemistry - A European Journal
Chemistry - A European Journal
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Nitrogen and Fluorine-Codoped Carbon Nanowire Aerogels as Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Nitrogen and Fluorine-Codoped Carbon Nanowire Aerogels as Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Junhua Song, Dan Du, Yuehe Lin, Biwei Xiao, Chengzhou Zhu, Mark H. Engelhard, Shaofang Fu
The development of active, durable, and low-cost catalysts to replace noble metal-based materials is highly desirable to promote the sluggish oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells. Herein, nitrogen and fluorine-codoped three-dimensional carbon nanowire aerogels, composed of interconnected carbon nanowires, were synthesized for the first time by a hydrothermal carbonization process. Owing to their porous nanostructures and heteroatom-doping, the as-prepared carbon nanowire aerogels, with optimized composition, present excellent electrocatalytic activity that is comparable to commercial Pt/C. Remarkably, the aerogels also exhibit superior stability and methanol tolerance. This synthesis procedure paves a new way to design novel heteroatom-doped catalysts. Carbonize: N, F-codoped carbon nanowire aerogels were synthesized by a hydrothermal carbonization procedure. The functionalized aerogels present high electrocatalytic activity, superior stability and methanol-tolerance for ORR in alkaline condition.

Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/resolve/doi

DOI: 10.1002/chem.201701969

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