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Phosphorus modification of cobalt–iron nanoparticles embedded in a nitrogen-doped carbon network for oxygen reduction reaction
For the electrochemical reduction of oxygen the development of heteroatom-doped carbon-based transition metal catalysts has become a recognized strategy to replace traditional noble metal catalysts. In this work a catalyst consisting of CoFe nanoparticles encapsulated in N-doped carbon-based materia...
Autores principales: | , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society of Chemistry
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8695452/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35423458 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ra08768h |
Sumario: | For the electrochemical reduction of oxygen the development of heteroatom-doped carbon-based transition metal catalysts has become a recognized strategy to replace traditional noble metal catalysts. In this work a catalyst consisting of CoFe nanoparticles encapsulated in N-doped carbon-based materials (NC) supported by carbon nanotubes (CNTs), i.e. Fe(3)Co(1)@NC/CNTs, was modified via treatment with a phosphate salt to synthesize a P-Fe(3)Co(1)@NC/CNTs catalyst. The P-Fe(3)Co(1)@NC/CNTs exhibits with 5.29 mA cm(−2) an enhanced current density which is comparable to a Pt/C catalyst. In addition, a stability and methanol resistance better than the Pt/C catalyst were observed which is ascribed to the carbon encapsulation and the synergies between the two transition metals. Finally, the reaction mechanism of P-doping was studied and discussed. These results provide possible directions for carbon-based catalysts and doping with heteroatoms for the improvement of catalytic activity. Moreover, the zinc–air battery assembled with P-Fe(3)Co(1)@NC/CNTs as the air-cathode exhibited a high-power density of 73 mW cm(−2), which is comparable to that of Pt/C (71 mW cm(−2)) and a specific capacity of 763 mA h g(−1). The prepared catalyst could potentially serve to take the place of precious metal catalysts in rechargeable Zn–air batteries. |
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