Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 412, Issue -, Pages 125-133Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.11.024
Keywords
Nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets; Guanine; Single iron atoms; Fe-N-x-C catalyst; Oxygen reduction reaction
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [21571035]
- Award Program for Fujian Minjiang Scholar Professorship
- open Project Foundation of Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces of Xiamen University
- open Project Foundation of Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry of FJIRSM
- Fritz Haber Institute of Max Planck Society
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
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Iron and nitrogen co-doped carbons show great potential for high-performance electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction. However, the rational design of atomically dispersed iron over nitrogen-doped carbons with activity comparable to that of Pt-C is still challenging. Herein, we develop a new approach that enables the direct formation of intrinsically nitrogen-functionalized two-dimensional sheet-like carbons containing a high concentration of single Fe atoms. This strategy only involves one-step pyrolysis of both, guanine and iron nitrate, without using any guiding agent and sacrificial template. The electrochemistry tests demonstrate an excellent ORR performance of the prepared Fe-N-x-C catalyst with a half-wave potential of 0.85 V and a limited current density of 6.5 mA/cm(2) in alkaline medium, outperforming the commercial Pt-C and most of previously reported Fe-N-x-C catalysts. We believe that the emergence of superior ORR performance is mostly attributed to the uniform dispersion of single Fe atoms at the molecular level and the formation of abundant coordinated Fe-N-x sites. In addition, the high surface area, optimal porosity and defective structure (particularly the defects at the edge) of the two-dimensional carbons are also beneficial for the improved ORR activity.
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