Issue 22, 2015
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Carbon for the oxygen reduction reaction: a defect mechanism†

Huanyu Zhao,‡ab   Chenghua Sun,‡c   Zhao Jin,a   Da-Wei Wang,d   Xuecheng Yan,a   Zhigang Chen,e   Guangshan Zhua  and  Xiangdong Yao*af  

* Corresponding authors

a Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland 4111, Australia
E-mail: x.yao@griffith.edu.au

b Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, China

c Department of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia

d School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia

e School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland, Queensland 4072, Australia

f School of Natural Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland 4111, Australia

Abstract

We demonstrate a new defect mechanism of carbons for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). It is predicted by the first principles calculations that a type of 585 defect on graphene (G585) is more effective than N-doping for the ORR, and our experimental investigations show strong support to this theoretical prediction.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5TA02229K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Mar 2015
Accepted
28 Apr 2015
First published
30 Apr 2015

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015,3, 11736-11739

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Carbon for the oxygen reduction reaction: a defect mechanism

H. Zhao, C. Sun, Z. Jin, D. Wang, X. Yan, Z. Chen, G. Zhu and X. Yao, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 11736 DOI: 10.1039/C5TA02229K

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