Modulation of Electronic States in Bimetallic-doped Nitrogen-Carbon Based Nanoparticles for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Kinetics
Controlling the local electronic structure of active ingredients to improve the adsorption-desorption characteristics of oxygen-contain-ing intermediates over the electro-chemical liquid-solid interfaces is a critical challenge in the field of oxy-gen reduction reaction(ORR)catalysis.Here,we offer a simple approach for modulating the electronic states of metal nanocrystals by bimetal co-doping in-to carbon-nitrogen substrate,allowing us to modulate the electronic structure of catalytic ac-tive centers.To test our strategy,we designed a typical bimetallic nanoparticle catalyst(Fe-Co NP/NC)to flexibly alter the reaction kinetics of ORR.Our results from synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy showed that the co-dop-ing of iron and cobalt could optimize the intrinsic charge distribution of Fe-Co NP/NC cata-lyst,promoting the oxygen reduction kinetics and ultimately achieving remarkable ORR ac-tivity.Consequently,the carefully designed Fe-Co NP/NC exhibits an ultra-high kinetic cur-rent density at the operating voltage(71.94 mA/cm2 at 0.80 V),and the half-wave potential achieves 0.915 V,which is obviously better than that of the corresponding controls including Fe NP/NC,Co NP/NC.Our findings provide a unique perspective for optimizing the elec-tronic structure of active centers to achieve higher ORR catalytic activity and faster kinetics.
Oxygen reduction reactionReaction kineticsElectronic state modulationCo-dopingElectrocatalysis
龚宸、杨晨宇、周婉琳、苏徽、刘庆华
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中国科学技术大学国家同步辐射实验室,合肥 230029
湖南师范大学化学化工学院,长沙 410081
氧还原反应 反应动力学 电子态调制 共掺杂 电催化
Natural Science Foundation of Anhui ProvinceNatural Science Foundation of Anhui Province