Preparation of N-doped carbon materials from cellulose:chitosan blends and their potential application in electrocatalytic oxygen reduction

Efficient electrocatalytic oxygen reduction over metal free-nitrogen doped carbon nanocapsules.

Nitrogen doped carbon nanocapsules (NCNCs) were synthesized as a non-noble electrocatalyst for the ORR using a simple and efficient route. The NCNCs exhibited higher activity than the commercial Pt/C catalyst, excellent stability, and resistance to methanol oxidation in the oxygen reduction reaction.

Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube arrays with high electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction.

The large-scale practical application of fuel cells will be difficult to realize if the expensive platinum-based electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reactions (ORRs) cannot be replaced by other efficient, low-cost, and stable electrodes. Here, we report that vertically aligned nitrogen-containing carbon nanotubes (VA-NCNTs) can act as a metal-free electrode with a much better electrocatalytic...

Electrocatalytic Activity for Oxygen Reduction Nitrogen - Doped Carbon Nanotube Arrays with High

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Role of iron in preparation and oxygen reduction reaction activity of nitrogen-doped carbon

N-Doped graphene frameworks with superhigh surface area: excellent electrocatalytic performance for oxygen reduction.

N-Doped carbon materials are promising candidates as alternative catalysts to noble metals in promoting the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells. However, methods to further reduce the ORR overpotential and improve related kinetics remain to be developed. This study reports that N-doped graphene frameworks (NGFs) synthesized from the rapid pyrolysis of solid glycine particles in the pr...