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Chemical Communications

Amorphous carbon enriched with pyridinic nitrogen as an efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction†

Jingyan Chen,ab   Xin Wang,a   Xiaoqiang Cui,a   Guangmin Yangb  and  Weitao Zheng*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Mobile Materials, MOE, and State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
E-mail: wtzheng@jlu.edu.cn

b Department of Physics, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China

Abstract

An amorphous metal-free N-doped carbon film prepared by sputtering and annealing exhibits comparable electrocatalytic activity and superior stability and methanol tolerance to the commercial Pt/C catalyst via a four-electron pathway for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Pyridinic nitrogen in films plays a key role in electrocatalytic activity for ORR.

Graphical abstract: Amorphous carbon enriched with pyridinic nitrogen as an efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC47519K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Oct 2013
Accepted
04 Nov 2013
First published
05 Nov 2013

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 557-559

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Amorphous carbon enriched with pyridinic nitrogen as an efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

J. Chen, X. Wang, X. Cui, G. Yang and W. Zheng, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 557 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC47519K

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