蚕茧衍生的氮氟共掺杂碳基催化剂在碱性介质中的氧还原电催化性能的研究

本文通过水热预处理,利用热解工艺从蚕茧中成功的制备了一种高性能的掺杂碳基催化剂. 研究了制备条件及氟原子掺杂对催化剂性能的影响. 在最优化条件下制备出的氮氟共掺杂碳基催化剂具有超过1000 m²•g^-1的比表面积,N元素和F元素含量可达3.5 %及7.3 %. 在碱性条件下,所制备的催化剂具有可与商业铂碳催化剂相媲美的氧还原催化活性,同时展示出优异的抗甲醇中毒性能及稳定性. F原子的掺杂对催化剂性能的提高效果显著.     

溶剂热法制备磷掺杂碳纳米管作为氧气还原和氧气析出反应双功能电催化剂的研究

对氧气还原(ORR)和氧气析出(OER)反应都具有催化活性的双功能催化剂在金属-空气电池中起着关键作用.本文通过溶剂热反应,一步原位合成了磷掺杂碳纳米管(P-CNT).旋转环盘电极测试表明磷掺杂能够明显提高碳纳米管的催化活性,P-CNT在碱性电解质中对ORR和OER都具有优异的催化活性.P-CNT对ORR的催化还原为近4电子反应,可与商业催化剂Pt/C(20 wt%)相比;而其对OER的催化活性则高于Pt/C(20 wt%).此外,P-CNT的长期稳定性优于Pt/C(20 wt%).P-CNT对ORR和OER的高催化活性和稳定性主要归因于磷对碳的掺杂以及磷与碳间强的化学键合.     

高分散钴氮共掺杂碳纳米纤维氧还原催化剂

过渡金属氮掺杂碳基催化剂已成为替代铂基氧还原反应(ORR)电催化剂的理想选择。本文通过静电纺丝技术制备了高比表面、高度分散的钴原子配位氮掺杂的碳纳米纤维催化剂(Co-N/C)。X射线衍射(XRD)和高分辨率透射电镜(HRTEM)结果证实Co元素高度分散于制备的Co-N/C催化剂中。X射线光电子能谱结果表明N元素主要以吡啶N和石墨N形式存在。该Co-N/C催化剂对ORR反应呈现出较高的电催化活性,其氧还原起始和半波电位分别为0.92 V和0.80 V(相对于标准氢电极),接近于商业化Pt/C催化剂的性能。以制备的Co-N/C催化剂作为阴极,25℃下锌空气燃料电池的开路电位1.54 V、最大功率密度达到了190 m V·cm~(-2)表明该催化剂具有良好的应用前景。     

氮掺杂石墨烯的制备及氧还原电催化性能

采用两步热解法, 用尿素掺杂氧化石墨烯(GO)得到N掺杂的还原氧化石墨烯(N-RGO), 通过控制反应温度, 制备了具有不同电催化活性的N掺杂的还原氧化石墨烯. 透射电子显微镜(TEM)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)结果显示, 制得的氮掺杂石墨烯(nG)表面褶皱和重叠增加. X射线光电子能谱(XPS)证明, 氮元素以吡啶N、 吡咯N和石墨化的N 3种形式掺杂在石墨烯中, 最高摩尔分数为6.6%. 通过循环伏安(CV)和旋转圆盘电极(RDE)测试了nG的电化学性能, 结果表明, 在酸性电解质中对氧还原(ORR)有较高的催化活性, 起始电位在0.1 V左右, 电催化还原氧气时主要为四电子反应, 且相对商用的Pt/C催化剂有更好的电化学稳定性, 其中第一步热解温度为200℃制得的nG催化性能最好.     

聚苯胺衍生Fe-N-C催化剂在碱性电解质中对氧还原反应的催化性能

经过热解聚苯胺、碳和FeCl₃的混合物制备的Fe-N-C材料在酸性电解质中对氧还原反应表现出高的催化活性;由于材料中不存在任何贵金属, 因而被认为是一类新型非贵金属氧还原催化剂. 然而这类催化剂在碱性电解质中催化氧还原反应的性能如何尚不清楚. 本文使用旋转圆盘电极技术考察了制备的两个Fe-N-C催化剂在KOH水溶液中催化氧还原反应性能, 发现这两个催化剂表现出比无金属的N掺杂碳材料更高的活性. 与商业Pt/C催化剂相比, 它们催化氧还原反应的起始电势和半波电势分别仅低60和40 mV左右, 计时电流测试表明, 它们比Pt/C催化剂显示出更好的稳定性. 此外, 在这两个Fe-N-C催化剂上的氧还原反应主要遵循四电子途径. 本工作显示, Fe-N-C材料有望用于碱性燃料电池氧还原反应催化剂.     

S掺杂Fe-NC单原子催化剂氧还原机理研究

杂原子掺杂的Fe-NC催化剂在氧还原反应中表现出优异的性能.本工作采用密度泛函理论研究了S原子掺杂对Fe-NC单原子催化剂电子结构的调控及促进氧还原反应的作用机理,分析了硫原子掺杂后Fe-NC催化剂的稳定构型,S原子对FeN₄活性位点电子结构的调控,以及氧气的吸附和氧还原反应作用机理.研究结果表明,在FeN₄活性位点周围掺杂少量S原子,可以提高催化剂的稳定性.S原子掺杂提高氧还原性能的机理为：（1）S原子的掺杂降低了催化剂的带隙,提高催化剂导电性,有利于电催化氧还原反应;（2）S原子的掺杂可以提高催化剂吸附氧气的能力,有利于氧还原反应;（3）体系中引入四个S原子可以降低氧还原反应的过电位,提高FeN₄位点催化氧还原反应的活性.这项工作可能为基于碳材料的单原子催化剂上杂原子掺杂的调控提供新的思路.     

过渡金属/氮掺杂石墨的制备及电催化氧还原

用简单的化学方法制备了过渡金属(TM)壳聚糖水杨醛席夫碱配合物,然后以此配合物为金属源和N源、以硝酸预处理石墨为载体,经热处理后制备了过渡金属/氮掺杂石墨催化剂TM-N-C-t(TM=Co,Ni,Cu;t=200,400,600,800,1 000℃).以此催化剂为修饰剂制备了玻碳修饰电极,并用循环伏安法(CV)和旋转圆盘电极(RDE)伏安法研究了催化剂TM-N-C-t的电化学行为和电催化氧还原(ORR)的催化性能,催化剂的组成和结构采用TG,FT-IR,XRD,XPS等技术进行了表征.研究结果表明,催化剂TM-N-C-t对ORR均显示不同程度的催化活性,其中以1 000℃热处理的钴基催化剂Co-N-C-1000的催化活性最好,其活性已接近相同条件下的商用催化剂JM 20%Pt/C,催化活性位主要为Co—N—C.根据扩散控制的不可逆反应的循环伏安行为,计算得到了TM-N-C-t催化剂电催化ORR的动力学参数,并以此提出了氧还原催化反应的机理,在活性最好的催化剂Co-N-C-1000修饰电极上,氧气以4e转移途径被还原为水.     

一种高效的多孔氮掺杂碳基气凝胶催化剂及其催化乙苯氧化性能

通过水热合成和高温煅烧的方法制备了多孔氮掺杂碳基复合气凝胶,其可作为一种高效的催化剂.该方法是以蒲绒和石墨烯气凝胶作为碳源和模板,尿素作为氮源.分别采用XRD,FT-IR,Raman和TEM对这些催化剂进行表征分析.以叔丁基过氧化氢为氧化剂,探究该复合气凝胶在乙苯选择性氧化生成苯乙酮的反应体系中的催化性能,实验结果表明,该复合气凝胶在该体系中具有优异的催化活性,苯乙酮的选择性可达92%以上.这是由于复合气凝胶中的多孔结构,氮元素的掺杂以及蒲绒和石墨烯气凝胶之间的相互作用.将生物质蒲绒转化为高催化活性碳材料,这种新颖的方法为寻找高性能催化氧化乙苯的催化剂提供了新的设计前景.     

基于内嵌钴/氮掺杂多孔碳三维石墨烯笼的抗团聚高效氧还原电催化剂

氧还原反应是决定燃料电池、金属-空气电池等多种新型清洁能源存储与转化技术之性能与应用的关键反应. 铂及其合金是目前催化活性最好的氧还原反应催化剂,但其高昂的成本限制了规模化应用. 在小尺寸效应作用下,微纳米结构催化剂颗粒在电极制备与电化学反应过程中的团聚限制了催化剂本征催化活性的充分发挥. 本文基于喷雾热解技术,发展了一种基于内嵌钴/氮掺杂多孔碳三维石墨烯笼的高活性、抗团聚非贵金属氧还原反应催化剂. 此结构中,金属有机骨架化合物ZIF-67衍生的钴/氮掺杂多孔碳纳米结构是催化氧还原反应的活性中心,包覆其外的三维石墨烯笼不仅可在钴/氮掺杂碳纳米结构之间构建连续的三维载流子传导网络,且可高效抑制其在催化剂制备与电化学反应过程中的团聚与活性损失. 在碱性电解液中,此类非贵金属催化剂表现出可与铂基催化剂媲美的氧还原反应活性和优异的稳定性.     

碳基非贵金属氧还原催化剂活性位点的研究进展

铂基催化剂是目前氢氧燃料电池中实际应用的阴极氧还原催化剂,由于铂昂贵的价格以及稀缺性,开发非贵金属氧还原催化剂对于氢氧燃料电池的规模化应用非常必要.碳基非贵金属氧还原催化剂,包括金属-氮掺杂碳(M–N–C)材料和非金属杂原子掺杂碳材料,是目前最重要也是研究最广泛的两类非贵金属氧还原催化剂.对其活性位点的认知是研究热点之一,也是明显提高性能和宏量制备的关键所在.对于金属-氮掺杂碳催化剂,目前受到广泛认可的活性位点包括:M–N_x/C(x=1,2,3,4)、Nx–C、包覆的纳米金属粒子活化的碳层等.对于非金属杂原子掺杂碳材料(如氮掺杂碳材料),氮原子毗邻的碳原子一般被认为是活性位点.但由于原料本身、制备过程等因素,可能引入痕量的金属元素,严格意义上的非金属杂原子掺杂碳材料难以制备,使得明确其活性位点非常困难.结合本研究组在该领域的工作,本文介绍了当前上述两类催化剂在研究方面的进展,总结分析了几种对活性位点探索和确认的主流认识,以期有助于碳基非贵金属氧还原催化剂的进一步研究.     

Cu-N共掺杂碳基催化剂的制备及其氧还原性能

为了解决燃料电池阴极催化剂价格昂贵、稳定性差等问题,使用α-亚硝基-β-萘酚铜、三聚氰胺和导电碳黑通过简单的热处理制备Cu、N共掺杂的碳基催化剂(Cu-N-KB)。表征结果证实Cu、N均匀分布在碳载体中,其中铜以晶态铜粒子和非晶态的Cu-Nx两种方式存在,该催化剂高的比表面积与介孔结构确保了其大量的活性位点和快速的传质效率。该催化剂在碱性介质中表现出比商业Pt/C催化剂优异的氧还原催化性、抗甲醇性和稳定性。     

A Nitrogen,Sulfur co-Doped Porphyrin-based Covalent Organic Framework as an Efficient Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction

Oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) is a significant reaction for energy conversion systems(such as fuel cells, metal-air batteries, etc.). It is an urgent need to develop cheap, durable and highly-active catalysts for efficient ORR. Hence, we report a metal-free nitrogen and sulfur co-doped porphyrin-based covalent organic framework(COF) as a high-efficiency ORR catalyst[the onset potential(E_o) is 0.79 V and the half-wave potential(E_1/2) is 0.70 V]. The double doping of N and S atoms causes uneven charge distribution around carbon atoms, which can act as catalytic active centers, improving ORR activity. Compared with single-atom doping, double atoms doping exhibits a higher activity due to the synergistic effect between different elements. These results demonstrate that reasonable design of stable metal-free COFs with a high electrochemical activity can promote their wide applications.     

Pyrolytic Carbon‐coated Cu‐Fe Alloy Nanoparticles with High Catalytic Performance for Oxygen Electroreduction

Well‐dispersed carbon‐coated or nitrogen‐doped carbon‐coated copper‐iron alloy nanoparticles (FeCu@C or FeCu@C?N) in carbon‐based supports are obtained using a bimetallic metal‐organic framework (Cu/Fe‐MOF‐74) or a mixture of Cu/Fe‐MOF‐74 and melamine as sacrificial templates and an active‐component precursor by using a pyrolysis method. The investigation results attest formation of Cu?Fe alloy nanoparticles. The obtained FeCu@C catalyst exhibits a catalytic activity with a half‐wave potential of 0.83 V for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline medium, comparable to that on commercial Pt/C catalyst (0.84 V). The catalytic activity of FeCu@C?N for ORR (E_half‐wave=0.87 V) outshines all reported analogues. The excellent performance of FeCu@C?N should be attributed to a change in the energy of the d‐band center of Cu resulting from the formation of the copper–iron alloy, the interaction between alloy nanoparticles and supports and N‐doping in the carbon matrix. Moreover, FeCu@C and FeCu@C?N show better electrochemical stability and methanol tolerance than commercial Pt/C and are expected to be widely used in practical applications.     

Pt nanodendrites with (111) crystalline facet as an efficient,stable and pH-universal catalyst for electrochemical hydrogen production

High-performance nanomaterial catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction via electrochemical water splitting are significant to the development of hydrogen energy. In this work, we report a robust and highly active catalyst fabricated through direct electrochemical deposition of Pt nanodendrites at the surface of activated carbon (Pt NDs). Owing to the large electrochemically active area and the exposed (111) facet of Pt, Pt NDs exhibits outstanding activity towards hydrogen evolution reaction with a low requiring overpotential of 0.027 V at 10 mA/cm² and Tafel slope of ≈ 22 mV/dec in acidic media. In addition, the hydrogen yield of Pt NDs is 30%–45% larger than that of commercial Pt/C at the same Pt loadings. Moreover, Pt NDs exhibits excellent long-term durability whose hydrogen production efficiency remains unchanged after six-hour hydrogen production, while the efficiency of commercial Pt/C catalyst decayed 9% under the same circumstance. Considering the superiority of catalytic activity and stability, this Pt NDs present great potentiality towards practical hydrogen production application.     

Pd-Co-Mo electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

The catalytic activity of carbon supported Pd-Co-Mo for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in a single cell proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) has been investigated at 60 degrees C and compared with data from commercial Pt catalyst and our previously reported Pd-Co-Au and Pd-Ti catalysts. The Pd-Co-Mo catalyst with a Pd:Co:Mo atomic ratio of 70:20:10 exhibits slightly higher catalytic activity like the Pd-Co-Au catalyst than the commercial Pt catalyst, but with excellent chemical stability unlike the Pd-Co-Au catalyst. The Pd-Co-Mo catalyst also exhibits better tolerance to methanol poisoning than Pt. Investigation of the catalytic activity of the Pd-Co-Mo system with varying composition and heat treatment temperature reveals that a Pd:Co:Mo atomic ratio of 70:20:10 with a heat treatment temperature of 500 degrees C exhibits the highest catalytic activity. Although the degree of alloying increases with increasing temperature from 500 to 900 degrees C as indicated by the X-ray diffraction data, the catalytic activity decreases due to an increase in particle size and a decrease in surface area.     

铁氮掺杂对石墨烯担载铂催化剂氧还原反应活性的影响

高氧还原活性担载铂催化剂的研发是加快质子交换膜燃料电池商业化进程的主要手段之一。以石墨烯为碳源,1,10-菲啰啉为氮源,FeCl3为铁源,用浸渍法制备铁氮掺杂石墨烯(Fe/N-G)载体,并通过乙二醇还原法获得PtFe/N-G催化剂,探究铁氮原子的引入对石墨烯担载铂催化剂氧还原反应催化活性的影响。采用X射线衍射、比表面积和孔径分布测试、X射线光电子能谱等表征手段对载体及催化剂结构进行表征,使用电化学方法对载体和催化剂的氧还原反应活性进行测试。结果表明,PtFe/N-G催化剂的氧还原反应起始电位及半波电位分别为0.96 V、0.83 V,优于相同Pt担载量的商业20%Pt/C催化剂。铁氮掺杂后,石墨烯载体具有较大的孔径更有利于氧还原反应过程中生成物与反应物的传递,PtFe/N-G催化剂中存在吡啶氮和Fe-N型氮与铂纳米颗粒的协同催化,以及铂纳米颗粒与铁氮掺杂石墨烯载体间的相互作用,是PtFe/N-G催化剂具有优异的氧还原催化活性的可能原因。     

Well‐Dispersed Pt Cubes on Porous Cu Foam: High‐Performance Catalysts for the Electrochemical Oxidation of Glucose in Neutral Media

The investigation of highly efficient catalysts for the electrochemical oxidation of glucose is the most critical challenge to commercialize nonenzymatic glucose sensors, which display a few attractive superiorities including the sufficient stability of their properties and the desired reproducibility of results over enzyme electrodes. Herein we propose a new and very promising catalyst: Pt cubes well‐dispersed on the porous Cu foam, for the the electrochemical oxidation reaction of glucose in neutral media. The catalyst is fabricated in situ on a homemade screen‐printed carbon electrode (SPCE) substrate through initially synthesizing the three‐dimensional (3D) porous Cu foam using a hydrogen evolution assisted electrodeposition strategy, followed by electrochemically reducing the platinic precursor simply and conveniently. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) proofs demonstrate that Pt cubes, with an average size (the distance of opposite faces) of 185.1 nm, highly dispersed on the macro/nanopore integrated Cu foam support can be reproducibly obtained. The results of electrochemical tests indicate that the cubic Pt‐based catalyst exhibits significant enhancement on the catalytic activity towards the electrooxidation of glucose in the presence of chloride ions, providing a specific activity 6.7 times and a mass activity 5.3 times those of commercial Pt/C catalysts at ?0.4 V (vs. Ag/AgCl). In addition, the proposed catalyst shows excellent stability of performance, with only a 2.8 % loss of electrocatalytic activity after 100 repetitive measurements.     

The role of carbon support morphology in the formation of catalytic layer of solid-polymer fuel cell

The Pt/C catalysts with similar morphology of active catalytic phase (platinum nanoparticles), which were deposited on the supports with different types of carbon structures (Vulkan XC-72 carbon black, Taunit carbon tubes, and Timrex HSAG-300 carbon support with graphite structure), were fabricated by the method of electrochemical dispersion. The effect of the carbon structure type on the electrocatalytic properties of Pt/C catalysts was studied in their operation in the three-electrode cell and in-service in the membrane-electrode assembly of air-hydrogen solid-polymer fuel cell. The Pt/C catalyst based on the Vulkan XC-72 carbon support showed the best performance. The anisotropic shape of Taunit carbon nanotubes and the microstructure of Timrex HSAG-300 carbon support do not allow us to form a catalytic layer with a large active platinum surface area and a structure, which provides an effective ionic transport and mass exchange near the platinum surface.     

银耳状Fe-N-C复合催化剂的制备及催化氧还原性能研究

以无机铁盐和邻苯二胺为基础原料,经铁基螯合前驱体热解反应,制备出Fe-N-C复合催化剂.经扫描电镜观察,带有折褶的碳微纳米片相互交迭,形成银耳状的三维自支撑结构.氮气吸脱附测试表明此结构富含微孔和介孔,比表面积可达290 m2/g.通过X射线衍射(XRD)确证石墨化C和多晶Fe3C作为催化剂主相存在, X射线光电子能谱(XPS)进一步揭示N原子主要以石墨N和吡啶N形式掺杂到C骨架中.电化学测试表明银耳状Fe-N-C复合催化剂在碱性条件下催化氧还原反应为四电子过程,其催化活性可媲美商业Pt/C催化剂.经过2000次氧还原测试后,催化极限电流衰减小于5%,并且半波电势仅负移5 mV(商业Pt/C催化剂负移35 mV),表现出优异的氧还原催化稳定性.     

掺氮碳化钨的制备及其电催化性能的研究

碳化钨是一种具有应用前景的电催化剂,本文尝试对碳化钨的非金属位进行氮掺杂,以钨酸钠为钨源,经由中间体氮化钨（WN）,并在一氧化碳气体中进行渗碳后合成掺氮的碳化钨纳米片（WN|WC）. 通过扫描电镜（SEM）和透射电镜（TEM）观测发现,WN|WC纳米片尺寸均匀,碳原子进入WN晶格中形成具有密排六方结构的WC晶相,并和WN的晶格条纹紧密联结而形成异质结构. X射线衍射（XRD）结果显示碳化后的样品中含有WN和WC两种晶型,XPS结果进一步表明WN|WC表面形成了WN和WC的异质结构. 为讨论氮元素掺杂对电催化性能的影响,本文通过微波辅助加热法负载少量铂制备Pt/WN|WC催化剂,并以甲醇氧化为指针反应,纯相碳化钨和商用铂碳材料（Pt/C）等为对比样,评价了Pt/WN|WC催化剂的电化学性能. 电化学测试表明,该催化剂甲醇氧化的电流密度是商业Pt/C的3倍,具有较高的交换电流密度和速率常数,且经过200周的循环伏安扫描后,正扫峰电位（Ep_f）和负扫峰电位（Ep_b）仍保持稳定,结果表明氮的掺杂改变了碳化钨表面的电子状态,形成了WN和WC的异质界面,有利于催化性能的提高.