氮、 硼掺杂石墨烯活性位点及其在氧化反应中作用的研究进展

随着绿色化学的逐渐推广,碳材料作为最有前途的绿色无金属催化剂而备受关注。通过对石墨烯引入杂原子进行化学掺杂是目前最常用于改良碳材料催化活性的有效方法。从结构上看,掺杂石墨烯内特定活性物种在催化过程中起到活性位点的作用,且催化剂的催化活性随活性位点含量增加而增强。且其内部活性位点含量可通过改变制备方法中制备条件实现调控,这有助于开发具有高催化活性的掺杂石墨烯催化剂。本文综述了氮掺杂石墨烯和硼掺杂石墨烯内可作为活性位点的官能团,提出制备方法对活性位点含量的影响,并讨论了内部活性位点在氧化反应中的作用。最后对未来研究方向提出了建议和展望,为开发更高效掺杂石墨烯催化剂提供了思路。     

N,P-co-Doped Graphdiyne as Efficient Metal-free Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

The carbon-based metal-free catalyst is one of the ideal alternatives to Pt as electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction,which can reduce the cost of fuel cells and zinc-air batteries.Here,graphdiyne(GDY),a carbon material with uneven charge distribution,was used as substrate.By doping nitrogen and phosphorus,a N-P-GDY catalyst was prepared,which further regulated the electron structure of GDY.The sheet-like morphology of GDY was preserved in N-P-GDY.The N and P were distributed uniformly in the catalyst,whereas defects and active sites were created by doping N and P,as demonstrated by the element mapping images and Raman spectra.X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy results indicated N and P existed in many forms in N-P-GDY.The N-P-GDY exhibited higher activity for ORR than only N or P doped GDY,due to the synergistic effect of N and P in N-P-GDY.Moreover,the activity of N-P-GDY changed little after a long time cyclic voltammetry test or injecting methanol in the electrolyte.Besides,the four electrons transfer reaction to produce water was the main process for ORR on N-P-GDY catalysts.     

Insights into Nitrogen-doped Carbon for Oxygen Reduction: The Role of Graphitic and Pyridinic Nitrogen Species

Nitrogen-doped carbons (N/Cs) manifest good catalytic performance for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) for fuel cell systems. However, to date, controversies remain on the role of active sites in N/Cs. In the present study, ORR test was conducted on three N/Cs in O₂-saturated 0.1 M KOH aqueous solution, where apparent linear correlation between graphitic N contents and ORR activity was observed. Theoretical calculations demonstrated that graphitic N doping is energetically more favorable than that of pyridinic N doping for ORR and the pyridinic N leads to more preferential with 2 e^– ORR pathway. These results reveal that graphitic N plays a key role in N/Cs mediated ORR activity. This work lays a solid foundation on identifying the active sites in heteroatom-doped carbons and can be exploited for rational design and engineering of effective carbon-based ORR catalysts.     

Optimal Configuration of N‐Doped Carbon Defects in 2D Turbostratic Carbon Nanomesh for Advanced Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis

The charge redistribution strategy driven by heteroatom doping or defect engineering has been developed as an efficient method to endow inert carbon with significant oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity. The synergetic effect between the two approaches is thus expected to be more effective for manipulating the charge distribution of carbon materials for exceptional ORR performance. Herein we report a novel molecular design strategy to achieve a 2D porous turbostratic carbon nanomesh with abundant N‐doped carbon defects (NDC). The molecular level integration of aromatic rings as the carbon source and urea units as the N source and sacrificial template into the novel precursor of polyurea (PU) promises the formation of abundant carbon edge defects and N doping sites. A special active site—a carbon edge defect doped with a graphitic valley N atom—was revealed to be responsible for the exceptional ORR performance of NDC material.     

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.     

Optimal Configuration of N-Doped Carbon Defects in 2D Turbostratic Carbon Nanomesh for Advanced Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis

The charge redistribution strategy driven by heteroatom doping or defect engineering has been developed as an efficient method to endow inert carbon with significant oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity. The synergetic effect between the two approaches is thus expected to be more effective for manipulating the charge distribution of carbon materials for exceptional ORR performance. Herein we report a novel molecular design strategy to achieve a 2D porous turbostratic carbon nanomesh with abundant N-doped carbon defects (NDC). The molecular level integration of aromatic rings as the carbon source and urea units as the N source and sacrificial template into the novel precursor of polyurea (PU) promises the formation of abundant carbon edge defects and N doping sites. A special active site—a carbon edge defect doped with a graphitic valley N atom—was revealed to be responsible for the exceptional ORR performance of NDC material.     

碳基非贵金属氧还原电催化剂的活性位结构研究进展

以热解型Fe/N/C为代表的碳基非贵金属材料被认为是当前最具潜力替代铂的非贵金属氧还原催化剂,其综合性能的进一步突破,对于推动质子交换膜燃料电池商业化应用具有重要意义。对热解型Fe/N/C催化剂活性位结构的深入认识是实现催化剂高活性位密度和高稳定性理性设计的关键。本文总结了热解型Fe/N/C活性位的研究进展,重点介绍了非晶态铁氮配位活性中心、氮掺杂和碳缺陷三类活性位构型。由于热解型Fe/N/C是非均相的,结构非常复杂,导致在活性位认识上还存在诸多争议,本文总结阐述了活性位结构的不同观点。最后,我们展望了Fe/N/C催化剂活性位研究的未来方向。     

Heterogeneous liquid phase oxidation of ethylbenzene to acetophenone with graphene carbon-based catalyst

The series of graphene materials and N-doped graphene materials were successfully synthesized and improved by high-temperature treatment with trace iron oxide. XRD, Raman, FT-IR, TEM and XPS were employed for these catalysts. The catalytic performance of these catalysts was investigated in the selective oxidation of ethylbenzene with tert-butyl hydroperoxide as oxidant. The impacts of temperature, mass of catalysts, reaction time and oxidants on the selective oxidation of ethylbenzene were also investigated. The N-doped graphene materials exhibit greatly remarkable catalytic performance than others. The conversion of ethylbenzene is more than 90% and the selectivity of acetophenone is more than 95% at 353 K. Graphene can be used as catalyst owing to its unique structures and chemical properties. The characterization tests show that the doping of N atoms can create more defects and more active sites in the N-doped graphene materials which could greatly improve the catalytic performance. Furthermore, such cost-effective graphene-based catalysts possess good stability and could be reused at least five times without remarkable loss of the catalytic activity.     

铁、氮掺杂石墨烯/碳黑复合材料的制备及氧还原电催化性能

以高含氮量的2-氨基咪唑为氮源,三氯化铁为铁源,高比表面积的KJ600碳黑为载体,通过水热法制得氨基咪唑聚合物前驱体,再经二次高温热处理,制得石墨烯/碳黑复合材料. 透射电镜表征显示该材料为石墨烯纳米片与碳黑颗粒的复合结构. BET表征表明这是一种多孔结构,具有很高的比表面积（882 m²•g^-1）,这有利于暴露更多活性位点,并促进传质. XRD证实催化剂中存在石墨烯,且石墨烯结构是在第一次热处理过程中形成的. 电化学测试表明,该催化剂在酸性和碱性介质中都具有很高的氧还原电催化活性和低H₂O₂产率,并且在碱性介质中对甲醇小分子的抗毒化性能明显优于商业Pt/C催化剂,展示出在实际燃料电池系统中的应用潜力.     

Identification of Catalytic Sites for Oxygen Reduction in Metal/Nitrogen‐Doped Carbons with Encapsulated Metal Nanoparticles

The development of metal‐N‐C materials as efficient non‐precious metal (NPM) catalysts for catalysing the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) as alternatives to platinum is important for the practical use of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). However, metal‐N‐C materials have high structural heterogeneity. As a result of their high‐temperature synthesis they often consist of metal‐N_x sites and graphene‐encapsulated metal nanoparticles. Thus it is hard to identify the active structure of metal‐N‐C catalysts. Herein, we report a low‐temperature NH₄Cl‐treatment to etch out graphene‐encapsulated nanoparticles from metal‐N‐C catalysts without destruction of co‐existing atomically dispersed metal‐N_x sites. Catalytic activity is much enhanced by this selective removal of metallic nanoparticles. Accordingly, we can confirm the spectator role of graphene‐encapsulated nanoparticles and the pivotal role of metal‐N_x sites in the metal‐N‐C materials for ORR in the acidic medium.     

自组装制备高路易斯碱度和优异电子特性的3D碳网络电催化剂在碱性金属-空气电池中的应用（英文）

碳材料具有良好的稳定性,且容易在碳晶格形成缺陷,具备一定的催化活性,因此碳材料作为一种可替代贵金属电催化剂的材料是催化领域的研究热点.通过杂原子的引进,可以改变相应碳原子的结构特性,进而提升其催化活性.其中N的电负性强于C,N元素的引入影响C的原子结构使其作为活性位点催化氧气还原.S元素与C元素的电负性相近,S掺杂的过程中会增大C原子周围的自旋电子密度,从而增大其对0_2的吸附能力,提高其催化活性.两种作用方式不同的掺杂元素之间会形成一种协同效应,进而提高碳材料的催化活性.本文采用三聚氰胺的溶剂法制备了三维结构N,S共掺杂碳网络.三聚氰胺和十二烷基苯磺钠在溶液中分布以正、负离子团存在,以其在二氧化硅模板外形成的缔合物作为前驱体,直接制备活性材料.采用扫描电子显微镜(SEM),X射线光电子能谱(XPS),拉曼光谱(Raman)等手段研究了材料的合成过程及具有优良催化活性的原因.SEM,TEM和BET结果表明材料具有良好的孔道结构和较高的比表面积(385.09 m~2/g).Raman和XPS分析证明了N,S共掺杂后的材料中碳晶格的缺陷程度明显增大,而其中存在的吡啶N位于石墨平面的边缘部位,与两个C原子相连,这种N影响了相连C的路易斯碱度,改善了其吸附氧气能力.同时,由DFT计算结果可知,噻吩S的存在可以改变相连C原子的自旋电子密度,与掺杂的N原子形成有效的防协同作用,提高其对氧气的催化活性.相应的电催化性能测试表明,在0.1 mol/L KOH溶液中,共掺杂材料的起始电位为-0.08 V,优于其他两种对比材料,与商用Pt/C催化剂相近.N,S掺杂显著提高了碳材料的催化性能,共掺杂材料表现出了较单一N掺杂更为优异的催化性能.在铝空气电池放电过程中,以共掺杂碳材料制备的空气电极具有优良的放电性能,在50 mA/cm~2的电流密度下放电,电压达到1.34 V.共掺杂材料良好的催化活性显著减少了空气电极处的极化,提高了铝空气电池的放电电压.这种制备方法可为具有此类溶液特性的物质提供参考,用以合成相应的掺杂碳材料作为催化剂材料和电极材料。     

Cu-bipy-BTC衍生碳基材料的制备及其氧还原电催化性能

制备高效、廉价的氧还原(ORR)电催化剂是燃料电池的技术关键. 本文采用水热法制备出前驱体金属有机骨架化合物（MOF：Cu-bipy-BTC,bipy=2,2′-联吡啶,BTC=均苯三甲酸）后,再高温煅烧得到碳基材料MOF-800. 采用扫描电镜、X射线衍射、红外光谱、氮气吸附/脱附等温线和X射线光电子谱表征了材料的形貌和结构特征;采用线性扫描伏安曲线、i-t曲线等考察了材料的氧还原催化性能. 结果表明,与前驱体Cu-bipy-BTC相比,MOF-800含有大量的微孔(0.5 ~ 1.3 nm),为铜、氮掺杂多孔碳. MOF-800的电荷转移阻抗为10.6 Ω,比Cu-bipy-BTC降低了97.2%,具有优良的导电性. MOF-800具有优异的ORR催化性能,其起始电位约为-0.04 V(vs. Ag/AgCl),其电子转移数接近4. 铜、氮掺杂的多孔碳结构导电性好,高含量的吡啶氮、吡咯氮和石墨氮提供了大量催化活性位点(C-N, Cu-N_x),是MOF-800具有高氧还原电催化性能的主要原因. 本研究可为煅烧Cu-bipy-BTC制备碳基材料用于燃料电池修饰阴极提供技术支撑与理论依据.     

Nitrogen-doped cobalt nanoparticles/nitrogen-doped plate-like ordered mesoporous carbons composites as noble-metal free electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

In this work, nitrogen-doped cobalt nanoparticles/nitrogen-doped plate-like ordered mesoporous carbons(N/Co/OMCs) were used as noble-metal free electrocatalysts with high catalytic efficiency. Compared with OMCs with long channel length, due to more entrances for catalytic target accessibility and a short pathway for rapid diffusion, the utilization efficiency of cobalt nanoparticles inside the plate-like OMCs with short pore length is well improved, which can take full advantage of porous structure in electrocatalysis and increase the utilization of catalysts. The active sites in N/Co/OMCs for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) are highly exposed to oxygen molecule, which results in a high activity for ORR. By combination of the catalytic properties of nitrogen dopant, incorporation of Co nanoparticles, and structural properties of OMCs, the N/Co/plate-like OMCs are highly active noble-metal free catalysts for ORR in alkaline solution.     

Well-dispersed high-loading pt nanoparticles supported by shell-core nanostructured carbon for methanol electrooxidation

Shell-core nanostructured carbon materials with a nitrogen-doped graphitic layer as a shell and pristine carbon black particle as a core were synthesized by carbonizing the hybrid materials containing in situ polymerized aniline onto carbon black. In an N-doped carbon layer, the nitrogen atoms substitute carbon atoms at the edge and interior of the graphene structure to form pyridinic N and quaternary N structures, respectively. As a result, the carbon structure becomes more compact, showing curvatures and disorder in the graphene stacking. In comparison with nondoped carbon, the N-doped one was proved to be a suitable supporting material to synthesize high-loading Pt catalysts (up to 60 wt %) with a more uniform size distribution and stronger metal-support interactions due to its high electrochemically accessible surface area, richness of disorder and defects, and high electron density. Moreover, the more rapid charge-transfer rates over the N-doped carbon material are evidenced by the high crystallinity of the graphitic shell layer with nitrogen doping as well as the low charge-transfer resistance at the electrolyte/electrode interface. Beneficial roles of nitrogen doping can be found to enhance the CO tolerance of Pt catalysts. Accordingly, an improved performance in methanol oxidation was achieved on a high-loading Pt catalyst supported by N-doped carbon. The enhanced catalytic properties were extensively discussed based on mass activity (Pt utilization) and intrinsic activity (charge-transfer rate). Therefore, N-doped carbon layers present many advantages over nondoped ones and would emerge as an interesting supporting carbon material for fuel cell electrocatalysts.     

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。     

Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Reactions in Fuel Cells on H‐Decorated and B‐Substituted Graphene

In the light of recent experimental research on the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) with carbon materials doped with foreign atoms, we study the performance of graphene with different defects on this catalytic reaction. In addition to the reported N‐graphene, it is found that H‐decorated and B‐substituted graphene can also spontaneously promote this chemical reaction. The local high spin density plays the key role, facilitating the adsorption of oxygen and OOH, which is the start of ORR. The source of the high spin density for all of the doped graphene is attributed to unpaired single π electrons. Meanwhile, the newly formed C? H covalent bond introduces a higher barrier to the p electron flow, leading to more localized and higher spin density for H‐decorated graphene. At the same time, larger structural distortion should be avoided, which could impair the induced spin density, such as for P‐substituted graphene.     

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.     

Hydrogen Dissociation Catalyzed by Carbon‐Coated Nickel Nanoparticles: Experiment and Theory

Based on the combination of experimental measurements and first‐principles calculations we report a novel carbon‐based catalytic material and describe significant acceleration of the hydrogenation of magnesium at room temperature in the presence of nickel nanoparticles wrapped in multilayer graphene. The increase in rate of magnesium hydrogenation in contrast to a mix of graphite and nickel nanoparticles evidences intrinsic catalytic properties of the nanocomposites explored. The results from simulation demonstrate that doping of the metal substrate and the presence of Stone–Wales defects turn multilayer graphene from being chemically inert to chemically active. The role of the size of the nanoparticles and temperature are also discussed.     

钴/氮掺杂碳催化剂及其氧还原催化机理研究

以尿素做氮源、醋酸钴做金属源,用湿法合并高温热处理法合成了钴/氮共掺杂碳的非贵金属氧还原催化剂Co-N/C-T. 采用循环伏安（CV）法和线性扫描法（LSV）探究了氮源和金属源用量以及热处理温度对氧还原反应电催化活性的影响,活性最好的催化剂Co_0.13-N_0.3/C-800的峰电位达到0.829 V（vs.RHE）,接近商用Pt/C的活性,但比商用Pt/C有更好的耐甲醇性和稳定性. 同时,采用SEM,TEM,BET,XRD和XPS方法表征了催化剂结构和组分特征,并提出催化剂可能的电催化活性氧还原反应机理.     

Electrochemical performance of annealed cobalt-benzotriazole/CNTs catalysts towards the oxygen reduction reaction

One of the major limitations yet to the global implementation of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) is the cathode catalyst. The development of efficient platinum-free catalysts is the key issue to solve the problem of slow kinetics of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and high cost. We report a promising catalyst for ORR prepared through the annealing treatment under inert conditions of the cobalt-benzotriazole (Co-BTA) complex supported on carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The N-rich benzotriazole precursor was chosen based on its ability to complex Co(II) ions and generate under annealing highly reactive radicals able to tune the physicochemical properties of CNTs. X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to follow the surface structure changes and highlight the active electrocatalytic sites towards the ORR. To achieve further evaluation of the catalysts in acidic medium, voltamperometry, rotating disk electrode (RDE), rotating ring-disk electrode (RRDE) and half-cell measurements were performed. The resulting catalysts (Co/N/CNTs) all show catalytic activity towards the ORR, the most active one resulting from annealing at 700 °C. The overall electron transfer number for the catalyzed ORR was determined to be ～3.7 with no change upon the catalyst loading, suggesting that the ORR was dominated by a 4e(-) transfer process. The results indicate a promising alternative cathode catalyst for ORR in fuel cells, although its performance is still lower (overpotential around 110 mV evaluated by RDE and RRDE) than the reference Pt/C catalyst.