• 文献标题:   NaCl Crystallites as Dual-Functional and Water-Removable Templates To Synthesize a Three-Dimensional Graphene-like Macroporous Fe-N-C Catalyst
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG W, CHEN WH, MIAO PY, LUO J, WEI ZD, CHEN SL
  • 作者关键词:   macroporous carbon, waterremovable template, dual functionality, mass transfer, oxygen reduction reaction
  • 出版物名称:   ACS CATALYSIS
  • ISSN:   2155-5435
  • 通讯作者地址:   Wuhan Univ
  • 被引频次:   39
  • DOI:   10.1021/acscatal.7b01695
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Three-dimensional macroporous carbon materials with hierarchical pore structures (3D MPC) have wide applications, but the scale-up synthesis is limited by the cumbersome procedures of template formation and removal. Herein, we show that NaCl crystallites, which form in situ in a lyophilizing process of a NaCl solution containing a carbon precursor and are removable simply through water washing, can act as templates to grow 3D MPC materials with graphene-like ultrathin and mesoporous walls through pyrolitic carbonization. Further, by use of a nitrogen (N)-rich polymer (polyvinylpyrrolidone, PVP) as the carbon precursor and introduction of Fe salt in the precursor, an MPC catalyst with high Fe/N doping content is achieved due to the NaCl crystallites serving as confining agents to simultaneously prevent the large weight loss and N evaporation, a severe problem in usual pyrolytic syntheses of Fe-N-C catalysts. Benefiting from the mass transport convenience of the macropores as indicated by the impedance spectroscopy results, the Fe/N-doped 3D MPC exhibits high catalytic performance toward the oxygen reduction reaction. The dual functionality, facile formation and removal, and reusability of NaCl make the present method a promising way to gain cost-effective porous Fe-N-C catalysts.