• 文献标题:   First-principles calculation of the electronic properties of graphene clusters doped with nitrogen and boron: Analysis of catalytic activity for the oxygen reduction reaction
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HUANG SF, TERAKURA K, OZAKI T, IKEDA T, BOERO M, OSHIMA M, OZAKI J, MIYATA S
  • 作者关键词:   ab initio calculation, boron, catalysi, density functional theory, doping, electronic structure, fuel cell, graphene, nitrogen, reduction chemical
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121 EI 1550-235X
  • 通讯作者地址:   JAIST
  • 被引频次:   144
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.80.235410
  • 出版年:   2009

▎ 摘  要

Recent studies suggest that the carbon-alloy catalyst with doped nitrogen may be a powerful candidate for cathode catalyst of fuel cell. In this paper, we aim to clarify the microscopic mechanisms of the enhancement in the catalyst activity caused by nitrogen doping using a simple graphene cluster model. Our analysis is based on the density-functional electronic-structure calculations. We analyze modifications in the electronic structures and the energetical stability for some different configurations of N doping. We extend the analysis to the case of codoping of nitrogen and boron and propose two possible scenarios explaining the further enhancement of catalytic activity by N and B codoping.