Natural tea-leaf-derived, ternary-doped 3D porous carbon as a high-performance electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction

	Natural tea-leaf-derived, ternary-doped 3D porous carbon as a high-performance electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction
	Guo, Zhaoyan 1; Xiao, Zhen 1; Ren, Guangyuan 1; Xiao, Guozheng 1; Zhu, Ying 1; Dai, Liming 2; Jiang, Lei 3
刊名	NANO RESEARCH
	2016-05-01
卷号	9 期号:5 页码:1244-1255
关键词	green tea leaves oxygen reduction catalysts heteroatoms doped hierarchically porous carbon synergistic effect
英文摘要	To commercialize fuel cells and metal-air batteries, cost-effective, highly active catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) must be developed. Herein, we describe the development of low-cost, heteroatom (N, P, Fe) ternary-doped, porous carbons (HDPC). These materials are prepared by one-step pyrolysis of natural tea leaves treated with an iron salt, without any chemical and physical activation. The natural structure of the tea leaves provide a 3D hierarchical porous structure after carbonization. Moreover, heteroatom containing organic compounds in tea leaves act as precursors to functionalize the resultant carbon frameworks. In addition, we found that the polyphenols present in tea leaves act as ligands, reacting with Fe ions to form coordination compounds; these complexes acted as the precursors for Fe and N active sites. After pyrolysis, the as-prepared HDPC electrocatalysts, especially HDPC-800 (pyrolyzed at 800 A degrees C), had more positive onsets, half-wave potentials, and higher catalytic activities for the ORR, which proceeds via a direct four-electron reaction pathway in alkaline media, similar to commercial Pt/C catalysts. Furthermore, HDPC-X also showed enhanced durability and better tolerance to methanol crossover and CO poisoning effects in comparison to commercial Pt/C, making them promising alternatives for state-of-the-art ORR electrocatalysts for electrochemical energy conversion. The method used here provides valuable guidelines for the design of high-performance ORR electrocatalysts from natural sources at the industrial scale.
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.iccas.ac.cn/handle/121111/36075]
专题	化学研究所_有机固体实验室
作者单位	1.Beihang Univ, Sch Chem & Environm, Minist Educ, Key Lab Bioinspired Smart Interfacial Sci & Techn, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China 2.Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Macromol Sci & Engn, Cleveland, OH USA 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing Natl Lab Mol Sci, Inst Chem, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Guo, Zhaoyan,Xiao, Zhen,Ren, Guangyuan,et al. Natural tea-leaf-derived, ternary-doped 3D porous carbon as a high-performance electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction[J]. NANO RESEARCH,2016,9(5):1244-1255.
APA	Guo, Zhaoyan.,Xiao, Zhen.,Ren, Guangyuan.,Xiao, Guozheng.,Zhu, Ying.,...&Jiang, Lei.(2016).Natural tea-leaf-derived, ternary-doped 3D porous carbon as a high-performance electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction.NANO RESEARCH,9(5),1244-1255.
MLA	Guo, Zhaoyan,et al."Natural tea-leaf-derived, ternary-doped 3D porous carbon as a high-performance electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction".NANO RESEARCH 9.5(2016):1244-1255.