Does Nitrogen Doping Enhance the Electrocatalysis of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction by Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes?
Yuanyuan Lu, Xiuting Li, Archana Kaliyaraj Selva Kumar, Richard G. Compton
Abstract
Single-entity electrochemistry measurements were used to compare the electrocatalysis of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) by means of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) or amino-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs-NH2). All of the evidence showed that an electroactive surface oxygen functionality played the most important role in the catalysis process, not the nitrogen content.
Topics & Concepts
ElectrocatalystCatalysisElectrochemistryOxygen reduction reactionCarbon fibersCarbon nanotubeOxygenMaterials scienceNitrogenChemical engineeringInorganic chemistryChemistryNanotechnologyElectrodeOrganic chemistryPhysical chemistryComposite numberEngineeringComposite materialElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionFuel Cells and Related MaterialsElectrochemical Analysis and Applications