YAN Rui, WANG Kai, WANG Cong-wei, GUO Quan-gui, WANG Jun-zhong. A review of graphene-based catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction. New Carbon Mater., 2020, 35(5): 508-521. doi: 10.19869/j.ncm.1007-8827.20170141
Citation: YAN Rui, WANG Kai, WANG Cong-wei, GUO Quan-gui, WANG Jun-zhong. A review of graphene-based catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction. New Carbon Mater., 2020, 35(5): 508-521. doi: 10.19869/j.ncm.1007-8827.20170141

A review of graphene-based catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

doi: 10.19869/j.ncm.1007-8827.20170141
Funds:  National Natural Science Foundation of China (21373255, 51502320); Hundred Talent Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2015YCR001); Shanxi Natural Science Fund (MC2014-01,2014011016-3).
  • Received Date: 2017-06-21
  • Rev Recd Date: 2018-11-30
  • Publish Date: 2020-10-28
  • The oxygen reduction catalyst is one of the core materials of fuel cells. Research progress on graphene-based catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells is summarized with a focus on their electrochemical activity, stability and CO tolerance. These catalysts include Pt/graphene, non-precious metal/graphene such as Pd or its alloy/graphene, non-metallic/graphene such as Fe, Co or Ni species/graphene, graphene quantum dots, porous graphene, and graphene doped or co-doped with N, B, P, S and I.
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