The effect of different nitrogen sources on the electrocatalytic properties of nitrogen-doped electrospun carbon nanofibers for the oxygen reduction reaction

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 4673-4682

  Wang, Shuguang ^a   Dai, Chenglong ^a   Li, Jianpeng ^a   Zhao, Lei ^a   Ren, Zhonghua ^a   Ren, Yaqi ^a   Qiu, Yejun ^a   Yu, Jie ^a  

^a University Town of Shenzhen   (China)

Author keywords

Aniline; Carbon nanofibers; Electrocatalysts; Nitrogen sources; Nitrogen doping; Oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027933548     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.02.031     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Steele BCH, Heinzel A. Materials for fuel-cell technologies. Nature 2001;414:345-52.
2. Liu SH, Wu JR. Nitrogen-doped ordered mesoporous carbons as electrocatalysts for methanol-tolerant oxygen reduction in acid solution. Int J Hydrogen Energy 2011;36:87-93.
3. Wang B. Recent development of non-platinum catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction. J Power Sources 2005;152:1-15.
4. Lim B, Jiang MJ, Camargo PHC, Cho EC, Tao J, Lu XM, et al. Pd-Pt bimetallic nanodendrites with high activity for oxygen reduction. Science 2009;324:1302-5.
5. Yang CJ. An impending platinum crisis and its implications for the future of the automobile. Energy Policy 2009;137:805-8.
6. Chen S, Bi JY, Zhao Y, Yang LJ, Zhang C, Ma YW, et al. Nitrogen-doped carbon nano cages as efficient metal-free electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction. Adv Mater 2012;24:5593-7.
7. Zaikovskii VI, Nagabhushana KS, Kriventsov VV, Loponov KN, Cherepanova SV, Kvon RI, et al. Synthesis and structural characterization of Se-modified carbon-supported Ru nanoparticles for the oxygen reduction reaction. J Phys Chem B 2006;110:6881-90.
8. Kim JH, Ishihara A, Mitsushima S, Kamiya N, Ota KI. Catalytic activity of titanium oxide for oxygen reduction reaction as a non-platinum catalyst for PEFC. Electrochim Acta 2007;52:2492-7.
9. Savadogo O, Lee K, Oishi K, Mitsushima S, Kamiya N, Ota KI. New palladium alloys catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction in an acid medium. Electrochem Commun 2004;6:105-9.
10. Chen W, Chen SW. Oxygen electroreduction catalyzed by gold nanoclusters: strong core size effects. Angew Chem Int Ed 2009;48:4386-9.
11. Xu JB, Zhao TS, Zeng L. Covalent hybrid of hemin and mesoporous carbon as a high performance electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction. Int J Hydrogen Energy 2012;37:15976-82.
12. Qiu YJ, Yu J, Wu WH, Yin J, Bai XD. Fe-N/C nanofiber electrocatalysts with improved activity and stability for oxygen reduction in alkaline and acid solutions. J. Solid State Electr 2013;17:565-73.
13. 2 battery applications. J Phys Chem C 2012;116:9427-32.
14. Uhm S, Jeong B, Lee J. A facile route for preparation of nonnoble CNF cathode catalysts in alkaline ethanol fuel cells. Electrochim Acta 2011;56:9186-90.
15. Shin DY, Jeong BY, Mun BS, Jeon H, Shin HJ, Baik JY, et al. On the origin of electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction on electrospun nitrogen-carbon Species. J Phys Chem C 2013;117:11619-24.
16. Zamani P, Higgins D, Hassan F, Jiang GP, Wu JS, Abureden S, et al. Electrospun iron-polyaniline-polyacrylonitrile derived nanofibers as non-precious oxygen reduction reaction catalysts for PEM fuel cells. Electrochim Acta 2014;139:111-6.
17. Liu RL,Wu DQ, Feng XL, Müllen K. Nitrogen-doped ordered mesoporous graphitic arrays with high electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed 2010;49:2565-9.
18. Shanmugam S, Osaka T. Efficient electrocatalytic oxygen reduction over metal free-nitrogen doped carbon nanocapsules. Chem Commun 2011;47:4463-5.
19. Qiu YJ, Yu J, Shi TN, Zhou XS, Bai XD, Huang JY. Nitrogen-doped ultrathin carbon nanofibers derived from electrospinning: large-scale production, unique structure, and application as electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction. J Power Sources 2011;196:9862-7.
20. Guo CZ, Chen CG, Luo ZL. A novel nitrogen-containing electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction from blood protein pyrolysis. J Power Sources 2014;245:841-5.
21. Gong KP, Du F, Xia ZH, Durstock M, Dai LM. Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube arrays with high electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction. Science 2009;323:760-4.
22. Sharifi T, Hu GZ, Jia XE, Wagberg T. Formation of active sites for oxygen reduction reactions by transformation of nitrogen functionalities in nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes. ACS Nano 2012;6:8904-12.
23. Sun YQ, Li C, Shi GQ. Nanoporous nitrogen doped carbon modified graphene as electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction. J Mater Chem 2012;22:12810-6.
24. Qu L, Liu Y, Baek JB, Dai L. Nitrogen-doped graphene as efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction in fuel cells. ACS Nano 2010;4:1321-6.
25. Wang XY, Lee JS, Zhu Q, Liu J, Wang Y, Dai S. Ammonia-treated ordered mesoporous carbons as catalytic materials for oxygen reduction reaction. Chem Mater 2010;22:2178-80.
26. Lu J, Bo XJ, Wang H, Guo LP. Nitrogen-doped ordered mesoporous carbons synthesized from honey as metal-free catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction. Electrochim Acta 2013;108:10-6.
27. Wong WY, Daud WRW, Mohamad AB, Kadhum AAH, Loh KS, Majlan EH. Recent progress in nitrogen-doped carbon and its composites as electrocatalysts for fuel cell applications. Int J Hydrogen Energy 2013;38:9370-86.
28. Li HB, Kang WJ, Wang L, Yue QL, Xu SL, Wang HS, et al. Synthesis of three-dimensional flowerlike nitrogen-doped carbons by a copyrolysis route and the effect of nitrogen species on the electrocatalytic activity in oxygen reduction reaction. Carbon 2013;54:249-57.
29. Dorjgotov A, Ok J, Jeon YK, Yoon SH, Shul YG. Activity and active sites of nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes for oxygen reduction reaction. J Appl Electrochem 2013;43:387-97.
30. Higgins D, Chen Z, Chen ZW. Nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes synthesized from aliphatic diamines for oxygen reduction reaction. Electrochim Acta 2011;56:1570-5.
31. Rao CV, Cabrera CR, Ishikawa Y. In search of the active site in nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube electrodes for the oxygen reduction reaction. J Phys Chem Lett 2010;1:2622-7.
32. Yin J, Qiu YJ, Yu J, Zhou XS, Wu WH. Enhancement of electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline and acid media from electrospun nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers by surface modification. RSC Adv 2013;3:15655-63.
33. Kim C, Yang KS. Electrochemical properties of carbon nanofiber web as an electrode for supercapacitor prepared by electrospinning. Appl Phys Lett 2003;83:1216-8.
34. Zhao L, Qiu YJ, Yu J, Deng XY, Dai CL, Bai XD. Carbon nanofibers with radially grown graphene sheets derived from electrospinning for aqueous supercapacitors with high working voltage and energy density. Nanoscale 2013;5:4902-9.
35. Graeser M, Bognitzki M, Massa W, Pietzonka C, Greiner A, Wendorff JH. Magnetically anisotropic cobalt and iron nanofibers via electrospinning. Adv Mater 2007;19:4244-7.
36. Ye H, Titchenal N, Gogotsi Y, Ko F. SiC nanowires synthesized from electrospun nanofiber templates. Adv Mater 2005;17:1531-5.
37. Zhou XS, Qiu YJ, Yu J, Yin J, Gao S. Tungsten carbide nanofibers prepared by electrospinning with high electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction. Int J Hydrogen Energy 2011;36:7398-404.
38. Li D, Wang YL, Xia YN. Electrospinning of polymeric and ceramic nanofibers as uniaxially aligned arrays. Nano Lett 2003;3:1167-71.
39. Larsen G, Velarde-Ortiz R, Minchow K, Barrero A, Ignacio G, Loscertales IG. A method for making inorganic and hybrid (organic/inorganic) fibers and vesicles with diameters in the submicrometer and micrometer range via sol-gel chemistry and electrically forced liquid jets. J Am Chem Soc 2003;125:1154-5.
40. Qiu YJ, Yu J, Zhou XS, Tan CL, Yin J. Synthesis of porous NiO and ZnO submicro- and nanofibers from electrospun polymer fiber templates. Nanoscale Res Lett 2009;4:173-7.
41. Geng DS, Chen Y, Chen YG, Li YL, Li RY, Sun XL, et al. High oxygen-reduction activity and durability of nitrogen-doped graphene. Energy Environ Sci 2011;4:760-4.