▎ 摘　　要

Two different approaches to simultaneously introduce nitrogen atoms within the grapheme framework and, reduce graphene oxide nanoplatelets (GO), have been explored in order to improve the electrocatalytic activity of the resulting materials. Thus, a facile hydrothermal method using 2-chloroethylamine under conditions at 180 degrees C and, another one, based in the formation of polypyrrole (PPy) on grapheme oxide nanoplatelets by in situ polymerization of pyrrole monomer in the presence of GO, were compared through a deep characterization of the final materials by SEM, RAMAN, FTIR, XPS, Zeta potential, XRD and TGA analysis. Physico-chemical properties of the graphene-based materials were subsequently related with their electron transfer efficiency and electrocatalytic activity. The as prepared rGO prepared by the PPy method showed an N content quite superior (similar to 6-8%) than the rGO prepared by the hydrothermal one (similar to 1%) being an important part of their nitrogen state pyridinic type. The electrocatalytic results showed that GO exhibited higher specific capacitance than rGO materials due to its intrinsic higher porosity. However, the presence of N species seems to have a positive effect on the ORR activity, although the N incorporation through the PPy-rGO synthesis method seems to be the preferred one according for the complete ORR pathway.