Issue 52, 2016
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Chemical Communications

Activated carbon becomes active for oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions†

Xuecheng Yan,a   Yi Jia,a   Taiwo Odedairo,b   Xiaojun Zhao,a   Zhao Jin,a   Zhonghua Zhub  and  Xiangdong Yao*ac  

* Corresponding authors

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

b School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia

c School of Natural Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, QLD 4111, Australia

Abstract

We utilized a facile method for creating unique defects in the activated carbon (AC), which makes it highly active for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The ORR activity of the defective AC (D-AC) is comparable to the commercial Pt/C in alkaline medium, and the D-AC also exhibits excellent HER activity in acidic solution.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC03687B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 May 2016
Accepted
31 May 2016
First published
31 May 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 8156-8159

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Activated carbon becomes active for oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions

X. Yan, Y. Jia, T. Odedairo, X. Zhao, Z. Jin, Z. Zhu and X. Yao, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 8156 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC03687B

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