Nitrogen and sulfur co-doping of partially exfoliated MWCNTs as 3-D structured electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

Wang, Jie; Wu, Zexing; Han, Lili; Lin, Ruoqian; Xiao, Weiping; Xuan, Cuijuan; Xin, Huolin. L.; Wang, Deli

doi:10.1039/c6ta00490c

Title: Nitrogen and sulfur co-doping of partially exfoliated MWCNTs as 3-D structured electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

Journal Article · Mon Mar 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ta00490c· OSTI ID:1336129

Wang, Jie ^[1]; Wu, Zexing ^[1]; Han, Lili ^[2]; Lin, Ruoqian ^[3]; Xiao, Weiping ^[1]; Xuan, Cuijuan ^[1]; Xin, Huolin. L. ^[3]; Wang, Deli ^[1]

Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, Wuhan (People's Republic of China). School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials; Tianjin Univ. (China). School of Materials Science and Engineering
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials; Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering

Preventing the stacking of graphene sheets is of vital importance for highly efficient and stable fuel cell electrocatalysts. Here, we report a 3-D structured carbon nanotube intercalated graphene nanoribbon with N/S co-doping. The nanocomposite is obtained by using high temperature heat-treated thiourea with partially unzipped multi-walled carbon nanotubes. This unique structure preserves both the properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene, exhibiting excellent catalytic performance for the ORR with similar onset and half-wave potentials to those of Pt/C electrocatalysts. Furthermore, the stereo structured composite exhibits distinct advantages in long-term stability and methanol poisoning tolerance in comparison to Pt/C.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC00112704

OSTI ID:: 1336129

Report Number(s):: BNL-112595-2016-JA; JMCAET; R&D Project: 16060; 16060

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Vol. 4, Issue 15; ISSN 2050-7488

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Country of Publication:: United States

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