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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 425, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.130603
Keywords
Al-air battery; Oxygen reduction reaction; Carbon dots; Dimensional engineering
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51874197, 51704106]
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The study focuses on N, S doped carbon materials with various dimensional structures as electrocatalysts for improving ORR performance. Two-dimensional N, S doped carbon nanosheets show the best ORR performance compared to 1D or 3D structures, with comparable performance to Pt/C and better power density and working voltage in Al-air batteries.
The sluggish kinetics of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on the cathode limits the development of metal-air batteries and fuel cells. In this work, N, S doped carbon materials with one dimensional (1D) microrod, two dimensional (2D) nanosheet and three dimensional (3D) framework structures prepared using nitrogen-doped carbon dots as precursors are studied as electrocatalysts to improve the ORR performance. The carbon dots with the unique properties are crucial in forming the designed structure, and the formation mechanism of the dimensional carbon materials is revealed. The ORR performance is investigated in both alkaline and neutral electrolytes, and the results reveal that the two-dimensional N, S doped carbon nanosheets (2D N-S-CNS) show better ORR performance than the 1D or 3D counterparts, which is mainly attributed to the higher heteroatoms doping amount. In addition, the ORR performance of 2D N-S-CNS is comparable to that of Pt/C. To reveal the practical application, the carbon electrocatalysts are also studied in aluminum-air (Al-air) batteries, and the Alair batteries based on 2D N-S-CNS display larger power density and higher working voltage than those with Pt/C in both KOH and NaCl electrolytes.
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