Magnetron Sputtering Deposition Cu@Onion-like N-C as High-Performance Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
| Autor: | Kan Zhang, Yifan Yang, Cai Zhang, Xiaoming Zhang, Mao Wen, Menglong Wang, Weitao Zheng, Hao Huang, Hongyang Shao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Materials science
Inorganic chemistry 02 engineering and technology Sputter deposition 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences Nanoshell 0104 chemical sciences Catalysis Metal chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry visual_art visual_art.visual_art_medium Oxygen reduction reaction General Materials Science Graphite Methanol 0210 nano-technology Deposition (law) |
| Zdroj: | ACS applied materialsinterfaces. 9(48) |
| ISSN: | 1944-8252 |
| Popis: | The idea of a core-shell structure can promote the utilization of nonprecious metallic catalysts by enhancing their activity and stability for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Developing a low-cost, high-efficiency, and high-reproducibility method for synthesizing core-shell-structured materials represents an urgent challenge. Here, we fabricate encapsulated Cu nanoparticles with nitrogen-doped onion-like graphite nanoshells (Cu@onion-like N-C) as an efficient ORR catalyst by magnetron sputtering, in which the graphite shells grow by an in situ self-assembly process activated by the surface-catalyzed behavior with Cu nanoparticles. The results show that the CuCN-650 °C catalyst achieves the optimized Cu@onion-like N-C structure with small-sized Cu nanoparticles and a few-layer nanoshells and exhibits excellent ORR electrocatalytic properties, including a half-wave potential and onset potential similar to those of commercial Pt/C, coupled with better stability and higher methanol tolerance than for commercial Pt/C in alkaline electrolytes. The internal Cu nanoparticles in the core-shell structure not only promote the formation of a high content of pyridinic N but also donate the electronic charges to outer N-doped C shells, and thus the synergistic effect between the encapsulated Cu nanoparticles and N-doped C shells is responsible for the excellent electrocatalytic activity for the ORR. |
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