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Zhang R, Du X, Li S, Guan J, Fang Y, Li X, Dai Y, Zhang M. Application of heteroatom doping strategy in electrolyzed water catalytic materials. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.116679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Lin Y, Yu J, Zhang X, Fang J, Lu GP, Huang H. Carbohydrate-derived porous carbon materials: An ideal platform for green organic synthesis. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.06.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Asefa T, Tang C, Ramírez-Hernández M. Nanostructured Carbon Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversions. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2007136. [PMID: 33856111 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202007136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The growing energy demand worldwide has led to increased use of fossil fuels. This, in turn, is making fossil fuels dwindle faster and cause more negative environmental impacts. Thus, alternative, environmentally friendly energy sources such as fuel cells and electrolyzers are being developed. While significant progress has already been made in this area, such energy systems are still hard to scale up because of their noble metal catalysts. In this concept paper, first, various scalable nanocarbon-based electrocatalysts that are being synthesized for energy conversions in these energy systems are introduced. Next, notable heteroatom-doping and nanostructuring strategies that are applied to produce different nanostructured carbon materials with high electrocatalytic activities for energy conversions are discussed. The concepts used to develop such materials with different structures and large density of dopant-based catalytic functional groups in a sustainable way, and the challenges therein, are emphasized in the discussions. The discussions also include the importance of various analytical, theoretical, and computational methods to probe the relationships between the compositions, structures, dopants, and active catalytic sites in such materials. These studies, coupled with experimental studies, can further guide innovative synthetic routes to efficient nanostructured carbon electrocatalysts for practical, large-scale energy conversion applications.
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- Tewodros Asefa
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
- Hoffmann Institute of Advanced Materials, Shenzhen Polytechnic, 7098 Liuxian Boulevard, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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Alshehri SM, Alhabarah AN, Ahmed J, Naushad M, Ahamad T. An efficient and cost-effective tri-functional electrocatalyst based on cobalt ferrite embedded nitrogen doped carbon. J Colloid Interface Sci 2017; 514:1-9. [PMID: 29227801 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Revised: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The development of efficient, cost-effective and long-lived electro-catalyst is necessary for the realization of practically viable water-splitting systems. A trifunctional electrocatalyst for water splitting (hydrogen evolution, oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reaction, HER/ORR/OER) was designed via eco-friendly and facial way. CoFe2O4 nanoparticles embedded in nitrogen doped mesoporous carbon were prepared using chicken egg white/albumin after pyrolysis at different temperatures, 700, 800, 900 and 1000 °C. The specific surface area, pore size and the interaction between CoFe2O4 nanoparticles and carbon matrix were tuned via pyrolysis temperature. The catalyst prepared at 900 °C, (N/CF-EC-900) exhibit superior catalytic activity as well as the superior stability than that other nanocomposites prepared and other commercial catalyst (Pt/C, RuO2) for water splitting. Our findings emphasize the importance of CoFe2O4 nanoparticles embedded in the carbon and suggest the catalytic activities with low onset potential, high current densities, small Tafel slope in basic medium.
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- Saad M Alshehri
- Department of Chemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Chemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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Bogdanovskaya VA, Kol’tsova EM, Tarasevich MR, Radina MV, Zhutaeva GV, Kuzov AV, Gavrilova NN. Highly active and stable catalysts based on nanotubes and modified platinum for fuel cells. RUSS J ELECTROCHEM+ 2016. [DOI: 10.1134/s1023193516080036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Shell biorefinery, referring to the fractionation of crustacean shells into their major components and the transformation of each component into value-added chemicals and materials, has attracted growing attention in recent years. Since the large quantities of waste shells remain underexploited, their valorization can potentially bring both ecological and economic benefits. This Review provides an overview of the current status of shell biorefinery. It first describes the structural features of crustacean shells, including their composition and their interactions. Then, various fractionation methods for the shells are introduced. The last section is dedicated to the valorization of chitin and its derivatives for chemicals, porous carbon materials and functional polymers.
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- Xi Chen
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore, 117585, Singapore.
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Tarasevich MR, Davydova ES. Nonplatinum cathodic catalysts for fuel cells with alkaline electrolyte (Review). RUSS J ELECTROCHEM+ 2016. [DOI: 10.1134/s1023193516030113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Panomsuwan G, Saito N, Ishizaki T. Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanoparticle-Carbon Nanofiber Composite as an Efficient Metal-Free Cathode Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:6962-6971. [PMID: 26908214 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b10493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Metal-free nitrogen-doped carbon materials are currently considered at the forefront of potential alternative cathode catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cell technology. Despite numerous efforts in this area over the past decade, rational design and development of a new catalyst system based on nitrogen-doped carbon materials via an innovative approach still present intriguing challenges in ORR catalysis research. Herein, a new kind of nitrogen-doped carbon nanoparticle-carbon nanofiber (NCNP-CNF) composite with highly efficient and stable ORR catalytic activity has been developed via a new approach assisted by a solution plasma process. The integration of NCNPs and CNFs by the solution plasma process can lead to a unique morphological feature and modify physicochemical properties. The NCNP-CNF composite exhibits a significantly enhanced ORR activity through a dominant four-electron pathway in an alkaline solution. The enhancement in ORR activity of NCNP-CNF composite can be attributed to the synergistic effects of good electron transport from highly graphitized CNFs as well as abundance of exposed catalytic sites and meso/macroporosity from NCNPs. More importantly, NCNP-CNF composite reveals excellent long-term durability and high tolerance to methanol crossover compared with those of a commercial 20 wt % supported on Vulcan XC-72. We expect that NCNP-CNF composite prepared by this synthetic approach can be a promising metal-free cathode catalyst candidate for ORR in fuel cells and metal-air batteries.
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- Gasidit Panomsuwan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology , 3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8548, Japan
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- Department of Materials, Physics and Energy Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University , Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
- Social Innovation Design Center (SIDC), Institute of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University , Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) , 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology , 3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8548, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) , 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Zhou M, Wang HL, Guo S. Towards high-efficiency nanoelectrocatalysts for oxygen reduction through engineering advanced carbon nanomaterials. Chem Soc Rev 2016; 45:1273-307. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cs00414d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 530] [Impact Index Per Article: 66.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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We summarize and discuss recent developments of different-dimensional advanced carbon nanomaterial-based noble-metal-free high-efficiency oxygen reduction electrocatalysts, including heteroatom-doped, transition metal-based nanoparticle-based, and especially iron carbide (Fe3C)-based carbon nanomaterial composites.
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- Ming Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Faculty of Chemistry, and National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Batteries
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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- Physical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy
- Chemistry Division
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Los Alamos
- USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering & Department of Energy and Resources Engineering
- College of Engineering
- Peking University
- Beijing 100871
- P. R. China
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Liu R, Xi X, Xing X, Wu D. A facile biomass based approach towards hierarchically porous nitrogen-doped carbon aerogels. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra15185j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Nitrogen-doped carbon aerogels with hierarchically porous architectures (NHCAs) are prepared via the hydrothermal treatment of cantaloupe and the following activation with potassium hydroxide.
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- Ruili Liu
- National Engineering Lab for TFT-LCD Materials and Technologies
- Department of Electronic Engineering
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai 200240
- China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- School of Environment and Chemical Engineering
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai 200444
- China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- School of Environment and Chemical Engineering
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai 200444
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai 200240
- China
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Gao Y, Chen X, Zhang J, Yan N. Chitin-Derived Mesoporous, Nitrogen-Containing Carbon for Heavy-Metal Removal and Styrene Epoxidation. Chempluschem 2015; 80:1556-1564. [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201500293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2015] [Revised: 07/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Yongjun Gao
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; National University of Singapore; 4 Engineering Drive 4 117585 Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; National University of Singapore; 4 Engineering Drive 4 117585 Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; National University of Singapore; 4 Engineering Drive 4 117585 Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; National University of Singapore; 4 Engineering Drive 4 117585 Singapore Singapore
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Muthukrishnan A, Nabae Y, Hayakawa T, Okajima T, Ohsaka T. Fe-containing polyimide-based high-performance ORR catalysts in acidic medium: a kinetic approach to study the durability of catalysts. Catal Sci Technol 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cy01001a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The ORR activity and durability of Fe-containing non-precious N-doped carbon catalysts in acidic medium were studied using a rotating ring-disk electrode voltammetry and XPS technique.
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- Azhagumuthu Muthukrishnan
- Department of Electronic Chemistry
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Yokohama 226-8502
- Japan
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- Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Tokyo 152-8552
- Japan
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- Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Tokyo 152-8552
- Japan
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- Department of Electronic Chemistry
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Yokohama 226-8502
- Japan
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- Department of Electronic Chemistry
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Yokohama 226-8502
- Japan
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