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Template-directed synthesis of nitrogen- and sulfur- codoped carbon nanowire aerogels with enhanced electrocatalytic performance for oxygen reduction

Shaofang Fu1, Chengzhou Zhu1, Junhua Song1, Mark H. Engelhard2, Xiaolin Li3, Peina Zhang4, Haibing Xia4, Dan Du1, Yuehe Lin1,2( )
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Washington State UniversityWA 99164 USA
Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RichlandWA 99354 USA
Energy and Environmental Directory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RichlandWA 99354 USA
State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials Shandong University Jinan 250100 China
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Abstract

Heteroatom doping, precise composition control, and rational morphology design are efficient strategies for producing novel nanocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells. Herein, a cost-effective approach to synthesize nitrogen- and sulfur-codoped carbon nanowire aerogels using a hard templating method is proposed. The aerogels prepared using a combination of hydrothermal treatment and carbonization exhibit good catalytic activity for the ORR in alkaline solution. At the optimal annealing temperature and mass ratio between the nitrogen and sulfur precursors, the resultant aerogels show comparable electrocatalytic activity to that of a commercial Pt/C catalyst for the ORR. Importantly, the optimized catalyst shows much better long-term stability and satisfactory tolerance for the methanol crossover effect. These codoped aerogels are expected to have potential applications in fuel cells.

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heteroatom-doped carbonsporous nanomaterialsaerogelsmetal-free catalystsoxygen reduction reaction

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Nano Research
Volume 10 Issue 6,
June 2017
Pages 1888-1895
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-016-1371-8
Cite this article:
Fu S, Zhu C, Song J, et al. Template-directed synthesis of nitrogen- and sulfur- codoped carbon nanowire aerogels with enhanced electrocatalytic performance for oxygen reduction. Nano Research, 2017, 10(6): 1888-1895. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-1371-8

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Received: 02 September 2016
Revised: 03 November 2016
Accepted: 14 November 2016
Published: 20 December 2016
© Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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