Citation: Yuanqing Sun, Yiming Ouyang, Jiaqing Luo, Huihui Cao, Xiang Li, Jingwen Ma, Jian Liu, Yuanhao Wang, Lin Lu. Biomass-derived nitrogen self-doped porous activation carbon as an effective bifunctional electrocatalysts[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2021, 32(1): 92-98. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.09.027 shu

Biomass-derived nitrogen self-doped porous activation carbon as an effective bifunctional electrocatalysts

Yuanqing Sun ^{a, 1,} ,
Yiming Ouyang ^{a, 1} ,
Jiaqing Luo ^a ,
Huihui Cao ^a ,
Xiang Li ^a ,
Jingwen Ma ^a ,
Jian Liu ^{a, *,} ,
Yuanhao Wang ^{b, *,} ,
Lin Lu ^c

a.
State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil and Beijing Key Lab of Oil & Gas Optical Detection Technology, College of Science, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
b.
Hoffmann Institute of Advanced Materials, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen 518055, China
c.
Renewable Energy Research Group (RERG), Department of Building Services Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

yqsun@cup.edu.cn

liujian@cup.edu.cn

wangyuanhao@szpt.edu.cn

Received Date: 10 June 2020
Revised Date: 8 August 2020
Accepted Date: 2 September 2020
Available Online: 19 September 2020

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The strategy of adopting cheap precursors or abundant resources, which can be obtained directly from nature, is a simple and excellent method of introducing accessible research into environmentally friendly development. Moreover, this is also an urgent requirement for the sustainable development of green technology. Herein, we introduce a simplistic and expandable method to prepare metal-free biomass-derived nitrogen self-doped porous activation carbon (N-PAC) with large specific surface area (S_BET = 1300.58 m²/g). Moreover, the manufactural electrocatalysts exhibit prominent oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance in all PH values. As compared with the commercial Pt/C catalyst, the N-PAC/800 with a positive onset potential at 10 mA/cm² (0.93 V), half-wave potential (0.87 V), and limiting current (6.34 mA/cm²) bring to light excellent catalytic stability, selectivity, and much-enhanced methanol tolerance. Furthermore, the prepared electrocatalysts possess considerable hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance with a less onset potential of 0.218 V (acidic medium) and 0.271 V (alkaline medium) respectively, which can show similar catalytic activity across the whole pH range. Such bifunctional electrocatalyst, with excellent electrocatalytic properties, resource-rich, low cost, and environmental-friendly, hold a promising application in energy conversion and reserve.
- Biomass-derived,
- High specific surface area,
- Bifunctional electrocatalysts,
- Metal-free,
- Nitrogen-doped carbon
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