Carbon Nanotube Modified by (O, N, P) Atoms as Effective Catalysts for Electroreduction of Oxygen in Alkaline Media

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Oleg Korchagin¹  Vladimir Andreev¹  Inna Vernigor¹  Marina Radina¹  Vera Bogdanovskaya¹  Vasilii Novikov² 

[1] A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia;

[2] D.I. Mendeleev Russian University of Chemical Technology, Miusskaya pl. 9, 125047 Moscow, Russia;

关键词: carbon nanotube;    functionalization;    heteroatoms;    electrochemically active surface;    oxygen reduction reaction;    corrosion stability;   

DOI  :  10.3390/catal10080892

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The influence of the types and amounts of oxygen (O), nitrogen (N), and/or phosphorus (P) heteroatoms on the surface of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on stability and catalytic activity in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) was investigated in alkaline media. It is shown that functionalization of CNTs leads to growth of the electrochemically active surface and to an increase in activity in the ORR. At the same time, a decrease in stability is observed after functionalization of CNTs under accelerated corrosion testing in alkaline media. These results are most significant on CNTs after functionalization in HNO₃, due to the formation of a large number of structural defects. However, subsequent doping with N and/or P atoms provides a further activity increase and enhances the corrosion stability of CNTs. Thus, as shown by the studies of characteristic parameters (electrochemical active surface values (S_EAS); E_1/2; corrosion stability), CNTs doped with N and NP are promising catalytic systems that can be recommended for use as fuel cell cathodes. An important condition for effective doping is the synthesis of carboxyl and carbonyl oxygen-containing groups on the surface of CNTs.

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