Unraveling oxygen evolution reaction on carbon-based electrocatalysts: effect of oxygen doping on adsorption of oxygenated intermediates
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2017
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Li, L.
Yang, H.
Miao, J.
Zhang, L.
Wang, H.-Y.
Zeng, Z.
Huang, W.
Dong, X.
Liu, B.
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ACS Energy Letters, 2017; 2(2):294-300
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Laiquan Li, Hongbin Yang, Jianwei Miao, Liping Zhang, Hsin-Yi Wang, Zhiping Zeng, Wei Huang, Xiaochen Dong, and Bin Liu
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Carbon-based nanomaterials have been widely studied as promising electrocatalysts for energy conversion and storage. Understanding the oxygen evolution and reduction reactions on carbon-based nanomaterials is of critical importance for development of highly active metal-free electrocatalysts. Here, the adsorption of oxygenated intermediates during oxygen evolution reaction (OER) on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was examined by ex-situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and in situ electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The results demonstrate that the carbon atoms on CNTs near the C═O functional groups are active for OER. On the basis of this result, we further revealed the origin of the enhanced intermediate adsorption on surface-oxidized CNTs and the relationship between surface groups and apparent activation energy. Our study gained new understanding of OER on oxygen-doped carbon nanomaterials and provided an effective approach for investigating electrocatalysis on heteroatom-doped carbon electrocatalysts.
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Published: January 5, 2017
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© 2017 American Chemical Society