Design of Fe,N co-doped multi-walled carbon nanotubes for efficient oxygen reduction.

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Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Centre (NPMM), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China.

Published: November 2020


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Unique Fe and N co-doped multi-walled carbon nanotubes are designed to efficiently catalyze the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The preparation processes involve surface functionalization, subsequent wet impregnation and final thermal fixation of Fe-Nx species. The catalyst achieved outstanding alkaline ORR performance with a very positive half-wave potential (∼0.91 V). Theoretical calculations show that the carbon layer below the active Fe-Nx sites is beneficial to the ORR.

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