• 文献标题:   Role of Pyridinic-N for Nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots in oxygen reaction reduction
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SUN L, LUO Y, LI M, HU GH, XU YJ, TANG T, WEN JF, LI XY, WANG L
  • 作者关键词:   ndoped graphene quantum dot, oxygen reduction reaction, pyridinicn, reduced graphene oxide
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF COLLOID INTERFACE SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0021-9797 EI 1095-7103
  • 通讯作者地址:   Guilin Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   17
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.jcis.2017.08.047
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) exhibit exciting properties in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) for ample electrocatalytic edging and N-doped active sites. However, low yield and high dispersity of N-GQDs prohibit their direct application as the electrocatalyst. In this paper, two facile hydrothermal progress were developed to synthesize the high-yield N-GQDs with the diameter of ca. 2-6 nm and the hybrid of N-GQDs/Reduced Graphene Oxide (N-GQDs/r-G0). The results demonstrated that the N-GQDs/r-GO display remarkable electrocatalytic activity. Moreover, it can be found that the pyridinic-N plays a major role in ORR. Both the average electron transfer number and the onset potential depend on the content of pyridinic-N. The proposed synthesis strategy is facile and low-cost, serving as a feasible method for the development of highly efficient electrocatalysts. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.