A Highly Efficient Metal-Free Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalyst Assembled from Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene

Jia Yang; Haiyan Sun; Haiyi Liang; Hengxing Ji; Li Song; Chao Gao; Hangxun Xu

doi:10.1002/adma.201505855

A Highly Efficient Metal-Free Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalyst Assembled from Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene

Adv Mater. 2016 Jun;28(23):4606-13. doi: 10.1002/adma.201505855. Epub 2016 Apr 8.

Authors

Jia Yang¹, Haiyan Sun², Haiyi Liang¹, Hengxing Ji¹, Li Song¹, Chao Gao², Hangxun Xu¹

Affiliations

¹ CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Department of Modern Mechanics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China.
² MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, P. R. China.

PMID: 27062506
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201505855

Abstract

A novel carbon-nanotube-graphene hybrid nanostructure is developed using an aerosol-assisted assembly approach. After doping with nitrogen and phosphorus, the prepared hybrid nanomaterials exhibit excellent electrocatalytic performance for oxygen reduction in both alkaline and acidic media. This research presents a continuous and low-cost route to prepare high-performance metal-free electrocatalysts while replacing Pt-based materials.

Keywords: aerosol synthesis; carbon nanotubes; graphene; nanostructures; oxygen reduction reaction.