Issue 19, 2014

Nitrogen-doped graphdiyne as a metal-free catalyst for high-performance oxygen reduction reactions

Abstract

Fuel cells and metal–air batteries will only become widely available in everyday life when the expensive platinum-based electrocatalysts used for the oxygen reduction reactions are replaced by other efficient, low-cost and stable catalysts. We report here the use of nitrogen-doped graphdiyne as a metal-free electrode with a comparable electrocatalytic activity to commercial Pt/C catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline fuel cells. Nitrogen-doped graphdiyne has a better stability and increased tolerance to the cross-over effect than conventional Pt/C catalysts.

Graphical abstract: Nitrogen-doped graphdiyne as a metal-free catalyst for high-performance oxygen reduction reactions

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Jun 2014
Accepted
31 Jul 2014
First published
06 Aug 2014

Nanoscale, 2014,6, 11336-11343

Nitrogen-doped graphdiyne as a metal-free catalyst for high-performance oxygen reduction reactions

R. Liu, H. Liu, Y. Li, Y. Yi, X. Shang, S. Zhang, X. Yu, S. Zhang, H. Cao and G. Zhang, Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 11336 DOI: 10.1039/C4NR03185G

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