• 文献标题:   Boron- and Nitrogen-Substituted Graphene Nanoribbons as Efficient Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GONG YJ, FEI HL, ZOU XL, ZHOU W, YANG SB, YE GL, LIU Z, PENG ZW, LOU J, VAJTAI R, YAKOBSON BI, TOUR JM, AJAYAN PM
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  • 出版物名称:   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   0897-4756 EI 1520-5002
  • 通讯作者地址:   Rice Univ
  • 被引频次:   143
  • DOI:   10.1021/cm5037502
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

We show that nanoribbons of boron- and nitrogen-substituted graphene can be used as efficient electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Optimally doped graphene nanoribbons made into three-dimensional porous constructs exhibit the highest onset and half-wave potentials among the reported metal-free catalysts for this reaction and show superior performance compared to commercial Pt/C catalyst. Furthermore, this catalyst possesses high kinetic current density and four-electron transfer pathway with low hydrogen peroxide yield during the reaction. First-principles calculations suggest that such excellent electrotatalytic properties originate from the abundant edges of boron- and nitrogen-codoped graphene nanoribbons, which significantly reduce the energy barriers of the rate-determining steps of the ORR reaction.