Temperature controlled surface chemistry of nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon and its influence on Pt ORR activity
Authors: Sujan Shrestha, Sasha Asheghi, Jeffrey Timbro, William E. Mustain
Abstract:
In this work, the influence of surface nitrogen on the dispersion and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity of Pt nanoparticles (NPs) supported on nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon (NMC) was investigated. The NMCs were synthesized from a modified SBA-15 template to impart a disordered pore structure. The nitrogen content was thermally controlled by heating the NMCs to 800, 1000, 1200, or 1400◦C. X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy showed that the nitrogen content and the graphiticity of NMC were inversely coupled. Pt NPs dispersion worsened with a decrease in nitrogen content or increase in the graphiticity. The highest ORR mass activity was obtained for Pt supported on NMC treated at 1000◦C. However, the highest ORR specific activity was obtained for Pt supported on NMC treated at 1400◦C. The results of this work show that both the nitrogen content and the carbon graphiticity can be tailored to yield Pt ORR catalysts with excellent dispersion and high ORR activity.
Keywords:
Nitrogen-doped
Carbon
Pt
ORR
Published in: Applied catalysis A: General (Volumes 464–465, Pages 1-384, 15 August 2013)
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN Information: 0926-860X
Temperature controlled surface chemistry of nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon and its influence on Pt ORR activity
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