Porous nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers as highly efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

Jing Yin; Yejun Qiu; Jie Yu

doi:10.1016/j.jelechem.2013.05.013

Porous nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers as highly efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

Jing Yin
, Yejun Qiu^*
, Jie Yu

^*Corresponding author for this work

Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)

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Abstract

Three kinds of polymer blend of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)/polyacrylonitrile (PAN), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)/PAN and cellulose acetate (CA)/PAN were converted into nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers (NCNFs) by electrospinning combined with acid oxidation and NH₃ etching. The NCNFs showed excellent electrocatalytic performance for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in acid media, probably being attributed to the good hydrophilicity and wettability, porous fibrous structure, ultra thin diameter of less than 50 nm, more exposed edge planes of pyrolytic graphitic carbons, and high proportion of pyridinic and quaternary nitrogen. The developed NCNFs show great potential as metal-free electrocatalyst for ORR in acid environment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	56-59
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
Volume	702
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2013.05.013
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Electrospinning
Nitrogen-doped carbon
Oxygen reduction
Porous material

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Porous nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers as highly efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

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