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Phosphorus-Doped Carbon as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
In this work, phosphorus (P)-doped carbon is facilely synthesized by both ex-situ and in-situ doping method. The catalytic activity of P-doped carbon for the ORR in 0.1 M KOH solution has been studied by using a rotating ring-disk electrode (RRDE) technique. The RRDE results show that P-doped carbon exhibits excellent catalytic activity for the ORR (Fig.1 and Fig.2)and long-term stability in basic media (Fig.3 ). The high elecctrocatalytic activity and durability of P-doped carbon are primarily attributed to the P-doping in the carbon lattice. Moreover, the factors that influence the ORR activity of P-doped microporous carbon are studied in detail. This kind of low cost, highly active and sustainable P-doped carbon xerogels could be used as a potential electrocatalyst for the cathodic ORR in fuel cells and metal-air batteries.
Acknowledgements
This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51272167 and 21206101 ), Natural Science Foundation of the Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province, China (12KJB430010) and Sino-German Network on Electromobility.
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Figure 1. Linear sweeping voltammograms (LSVs) on rotating ring-disk electrode (RRDE) for carbon and P-doped carbon with different amount of P. The disk potential was scanned at 10 mV s-1 and the ring potential was fixed at 0.5 V.
Figure 2. Tafel plots of carbon, P-doped carbon and commercial Pt/C (20 wt.% Pt on carbon) derived by the masstransport correction of corresponding LSV data recorded in O2-saturated 0.1 M KOH.
Figure 3. LSVs of P-doped carbon and of commercial Pt/C (20 wt.% Pt on carbon) for the 1st cycle and 2000 th cycle in O2-saturated 0.1 M KOH at a rotating speed of 1600 rpm.