A carbon catalyst doped with Co and N derived from the metal-organic framework hybrid (ZIF-8@ZIF-67) for efficient oxygen reduction reaction

ZHANG Ya-ting; LI Si-yi; ZHANG Na-na; LIN Gang; WANG Rui-qi; YANG Meng-nan; LI Ke-ke

doi:10.1016/S1872-5805(22)60609-7

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ZHANG Ya-ting, LI Si-yi, ZHANG Na-na, LIN Gang, WANG Rui-qi, YANG Meng-nan, LI Ke-ke. A carbon catalyst doped with Co and N derived from the metal-organic framework hybrid (ZIF-8@ZIF-67) for efficient oxygen reduction reaction. New Carbon Mater., 2023, 38(1): 200-210. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(22)60609-7

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ZHANG Ya-ting, LI Si-yi, ZHANG Na-na, LIN Gang, WANG Rui-qi, YANG Meng-nan, LI Ke-ke. A carbon catalyst doped with Co and N derived from the metal-organic framework hybrid (ZIF-8@ZIF-67) for efficient oxygen reduction reaction. New Carbon Mater., 2023, 38(1): 200-210. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(22)60609-7

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ZHANG Ya-ting, LI Si-yi, ZHANG Na-na, LIN Gang, WANG Rui-qi, YANG Meng-nan, LI Ke-ke. A carbon catalyst doped with Co and N derived from the metal-organic framework hybrid (ZIF-8@ZIF-67) for efficient oxygen reduction reaction. New Carbon Mater., 2023, 38(1): 200-210. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(22)60609-7

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A carbon catalyst doped with Co and N derived from the metal-organic framework hybrid (ZIF-8@ZIF-67) for efficient oxygen reduction reaction

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(22)60609-7

ZHANG Ya-ting^{1, 2
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LI Si-yi^{1, 2},
ZHANG Na-na^{1, 2},
LIN Gang^{1, 2},
WANG Rui-qi^{1, 2},
YANG Meng-nan^{1, 2},
LI Ke-ke^{1, 2}

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College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710054, China
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Key Laboratory of Coal Resources Exploration and Comprehensive Utilization, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xi'an 710021, China

Funds: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1810113 and U1703251); Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi (2019JLP-12), Shaanxi Provincial Innovation Capability Support Program (2019TD-021)

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Corresponding author: ZHANG Ya-ting, Ph. D, Professor. E-mail: isyating@163.com
Received Date: 2021-01-13
Rev Recd Date: 2022-03-25

Available Online: 2022-04-22

Publish Date: 2023-01-06

Abstract

Abstract

Carbon-based catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are considered potential substitutes for the expensive platinum-based catalysts. Recently, transition metal and nitrogen co-doped carbon materials (M-N-C) have attracted much attention from researchers due to their low cost and excellent activity. A cobalt- and nitrogen-co-doped porous carbon material (Co-N@CNT-C800) was prepared by the simple one-step pyrolysis of a star fruit-like MOF hybrid (ZIF-8@ZIF-67) at 800 °C. It consisted of CNTs with substantial Co and N co-doping and had a large surface area (428 m²·g⁻¹). It had an excellent half-wave potential and good current density in alkaline media in the ORR with values of 0.841 V and 5.07 mA·cm⁻², respectively. Compared with commercial Pt/C materials it also had excellent electrochemical stability and methanol tolerance. This research provides an effective way to fabricate low cost, high activity electrocatalysts for use in energy conversion.
- N-doped,
- Carbon nanotubes,
- Metal-organic frameworks,
- Electrocatalyst,
- Oxygen reduction reaction

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