• 文献标题:   Simultaneous doping of nitrogen and fluorine into reduced graphene oxide: A highly active metal-free electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   QIAO XC, LIAO SJ, WANG GH, ZHENG RP, SONG HY, LI XH
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  • 出版物名称:   CARBON
  • ISSN:   0008-6223 EI 1873-3891
  • 通讯作者地址:   S China Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   26
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.carbon.2015.12.034
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Reduced graphene oxide co-doped with nitrogen and fluorine (N-F/rGO) was successfully prepared by a simple one-step thermal annealing process using a mixture of graphene oxide and ammonium fluoride in an argon atmosphere. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy demonstrated that the nitrogen and fluorine atoms were successfully doped into the rGO structure at atomic percentages of 2.51 and 0.74, respectively. Nitrogen adsorption-desorption measurement revealed that the as-prepared N-F/rGO has a high surface area (412 m(2) g(-1)) with numerous slit-shaped pores (1.60 cm(3) g(-1)). The electrocatalytic activity of N-F/rGO for oxygen reduction reaction was found to be higher than that of rGO doped only with nitrogen (N-F/rGO); in fact, it was comparable to the activity of conventional commercial Pt/C in an alkaline electrolyte. In addition, the catalyst exhibited excellent long-term stability/durability, good methanol tolerance, and high selectivity for the four-electron transfer pathway. A possible mechanism is suggested for the improvement conferred by fluorine. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.