Defect and pyridinic nitrogen engineering of carbon-based metal-free nanomaterial toward oxygen reduction

• Main Authors: Zhang, Jian, Sun, Yuanmiao, Zhu, Jiawei, Kou, Zongkui, Hu, Pei, Liu, Lei, Li, Shuzhou, Mu, Shichun, Huang, Yunhui
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Electrocatalysts; Oxygen Reduction
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139535
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Defect and N-activated electronic engineering are of paramount importance for developing highly active carbon-based electrocatalysts toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) because the binding affinity of the carbon matrix can be efficiently tuned and thus promote the electrocatalytic activity. Herei...