• 文献标题:   Nitrogen-doped graphene aerogel with an open structure assisted by in-situ hydrothermal restructuring of ZIF-8 as excellent Pt catalyst support for methanol electro-oxidation
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SUI XL, ZHANG LM, ZHAO L, GU DM, HUANG GS, WANG ZB
  • 作者关键词:   zif8, graphene aerogel, nitrogendoping, methanol electrooxidation, direct methanol fuel cell
  • 出版物名称:   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
  • ISSN:   0360-3199 EI 1879-3487
  • 通讯作者地址:   Harbin Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.09.223
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

We report an innovative strategy to prepare the porous N-doped graphene aerogel with an open structure and abundant defects by hydrothermal self-assembly of zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF)-8 and graphene oxide. The in-situ hydrothermal restructuring of ZIF-8 on graphene sheets plays a key role in the synthesis of the open structure and the uniform N-doping. The dissolution and restructuring of ZIF-8 on graphene oxide obviously suppress the stacking and reunion of graphene sheets to obtain the continuous macroporous structure. Moreover, the introduction of N and Zn creates the abundant N-doped sites and microporous structure. Its unique structure and composition improve the accessible surface area, the mass transfer diffusion, the dispersion and electronic structure of Pt nanoparticles, further resulting in the high catalytic performance of Pt-based catalyst for methanol oxidation reaction (MOR). Its MOR activity is about 1.8 times of commercial Pt/C, and its long cycling durability is improved by about 18.7% compared with commercial Pt/C. This work renders a promising method by utilizing ZIF-8 derivatives to synthesize the excellent N-doped carbon materials for electrochemical applications. (C) 2018 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.