Self-assembled nitrogen-doped fullerenes and their catalysis for fuel cell and rechargeable metal-air battery applications

In this study, we report self-assembled nitrogen-doped fullerenes (N-fullerene) as non-precious catalysts, which are active for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and thus applicable for energy conversion and storage devices such as fuel cells and metal-air batt...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nanoscale 2017-06, Vol.9 (22), p.7373-7379
Hauptverfasser: Noh, Seung Hyo, Kwon, Choah, Hwang, Jeemin, Ohsaka, Takeo, Kim, Beom-Jun, Kim, Tae-Young, Yoon, Young-Gi, Chen, Zhongwei, Seo, Min Ho, Han, Byungchan
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Zusammenfassung:In this study, we report self-assembled nitrogen-doped fullerenes (N-fullerene) as non-precious catalysts, which are active for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and thus applicable for energy conversion and storage devices such as fuel cells and metal-air battery systems. We screen the best N-fullerene catalyst at the nitrogen doping level of 10 at%, not at the previously known doping level of 5 or 20 at% for graphene. We identify that the compressive surface strain induced by doped nitrogen plays a key role in the fine-tuning of catalytic activity.
ISSN:2040-3364
2040-3372
DOI:10.1039/c7nr00930e