• 文献标题:   Identification of the active sites in sulfur-doped graphene for oxygen reduction reaction: The keyrole of dissociated O2 adsorption
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI Y, HE CY, ZHANG LX
  • 作者关键词:   sulfurdoped graphene, oxygen reduction reaction, active site, confinement effect
  • 出版物名称:   SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS
  • ISSN:   0038-1098 EI 1879-2766
  • 通讯作者地址:   Nankai Univ
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.ssc.2017.09.005
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Sulfur (S) doping in graphene is studied using first-principles calculations. The S dopants can assume various configurations such as graphitic-S, pyridinic-S, and pyrrolic-S, and prefer to locate at the graphene edges. Oxygen molecules (O-2) can be adsorbed on the S dopants at the edges, but with much larger adsorption energies than required for catalyzing the oxygen reduction reaction. We found an energetically favored three-pyridinic-S cluster in bulk graphene, on which the O-2 adsorption energies are much reduced and comparable to that on the Pt (111) surface. This is due to a confinement effect, which could be considered a key rule in doping graphene for potential applications.