Nitrogen and sulfur co-doping of partially exfoliated MWCNTs as 3-D structured electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction
Abstract
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.
- Authors:
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- 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
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1336129
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-112595-2016-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 2050-7488; JMCAET; R&D Project: 16060; 16060
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC00112704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Materials Chemistry. A
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 2050-7488
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Oxygen Reduction Reaction; Fuel Cell; Center for Functional Nanomaterials
Citation Formats
Wang, Jie, Wu, Zexing, Han, Lili, Lin, Ruoqian, Xiao, Weiping, Xuan, Cuijuan, Xin, Huolin. L., and Wang, Deli. Nitrogen and sulfur co-doping of partially exfoliated MWCNTs as 3-D structured electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1039/c6ta00490c.
Wang, Jie, Wu, Zexing, Han, Lili, Lin, Ruoqian, Xiao, Weiping, Xuan, Cuijuan, Xin, Huolin. L., & Wang, Deli. Nitrogen and sulfur co-doping of partially exfoliated MWCNTs as 3-D structured electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ta00490c
Wang, Jie, Wu, Zexing, Han, Lili, Lin, Ruoqian, Xiao, Weiping, Xuan, Cuijuan, Xin, Huolin. L., and Wang, Deli. Mon .
"Nitrogen and sulfur co-doping of partially exfoliated MWCNTs as 3-D structured electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ta00490c. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1336129.
@article{osti_1336129,
title = {Nitrogen and sulfur co-doping of partially exfoliated MWCNTs as 3-D structured electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction},
author = {Wang, Jie and Wu, Zexing and Han, Lili and Lin, Ruoqian and Xiao, Weiping and Xuan, Cuijuan and Xin, Huolin. L. and Wang, Deli},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1039/c6ta00490c},
journal = {Journal of Materials Chemistry. A},
number = 15,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Mar 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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