摘要
Searching low cost and non-precious metal catalysts for high-performance oxygen reduction reaction is highly desired. Herein, Co nanoparticles embedded in nitrogen-doped carbon(Co/N—C) nanotubes with internal void space are successfully synthesized by space-confined pyrolysis, which effectively improve the cobalt loading content and restrict the encapsulated particles down to nanometer. Different from the typical conformal carbon encapsulation, the resulting Co/N—C nanotubes possess more cobalt nanoparticles embedded in the nanotubes, which can provide more coupling sites and active sites in the oxygen reduction reaction(ORR). Moreover, the one-dimensional and porous structure provides a high surface area and a fast electron transfer pathway for the ORR. And the Co/N—C electrode presents excellent electrocatalytic ORR activity in terms of low onset potential(30 mV lower than that of Pt/C), small Tafel slop(45.5 mV dec^(-1)) and good durability(88.5% retention after 10,000 s).
Searching low cost and non-precious metal catalysts for high-performance oxygen reduction reaction is highly desired. Herein, Co nanoparticles embedded in nitrogen-doped carbon(Co/N—C) nanotubes with internal void space are successfully synthesized by space-confined pyrolysis, which effectively improve the cobalt loading content and restrict the encapsulated particles down to nanometer. Different from the typical conformal carbon encapsulation, the resulting Co/N—C nanotubes possess more cobalt nanoparticles embedded in the nanotubes, which can provide more coupling sites and active sites in the oxygen reduction reaction(ORR). Moreover, the one-dimensional and porous structure provides a high surface area and a fast electron transfer pathway for the ORR. And the Co/N—C electrode presents excellent electrocatalytic ORR activity in terms of low onset potential(30 mV lower than that of Pt/C), small Tafel slop(45.5 mV dec^(-1)) and good durability(88.5% retention after 10,000 s).
基金
the financial support from NNSF of China(21275076,61525402,21303047)
the Program for One Hundred Person Project of Guangdong University of Technology
Key University Science Research Project of Jiangsu Province(15KJA430006)
QingLan Project
