A mini review on carbon-based metal-free electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

doi:10.1016/S1872-2067(12)60713-X

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Exploration of low-cost and high-performance oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts to replace Pt-based catalysts is now undergoing fast and dynamic development. Metal-free carbon-based ORR electrocatalysts have interesting catalytic activities, high stabilities, and good CO and methanol tolerances, and their constituents are abundantly available. They are therefore potential alternatives to Pt-based catalysts. This paper briefly reviews the main progress in this emerging field, in combination with studies performed by our group. Special attention is paid to electron-rich N or electron-deficient B mono-/co-doped carbon nanostructures, and the correlation between the ORR activity and the electronic structure of the sp² carbon material. The bright perspectives are speculated for this new kind of promising metal-free ORR electrocatalysts.

Key words: Oxygen reduction reaction, Metal-free electrocatalyst, Carbon-based nanostructure, Doping

Lijun Yang, Yu Zhao, Shen Chen, Qiang Wu, Xizhang Wang, Zheng Hu. A mini review on carbon-based metal-free electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2013, 34(11): 1986-1991.

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