Unravelling charge-transfer in Pd to pyrrolic-N bond for superior electrocatalytic performance
Lipipuspa Sahoo, Sanjit Mondal, A. Gloskovskii, Arunabhiram Chutia, Ujjal K. Gautam
Abstract
Experimental and theoretical investigations reveal that pyrrolic nitrogen in N-doped graphene induces significant charge-transfer from Pd to graphene to improve electrochemical oxygen reduction efficiency of Pd.
Topics & Concepts
GrapheneCharge (physics)ElectrochemistryElectrodeMaterials scienceDopingNitrogenOxygen reduction reactionPhotochemistryChemistryNanotechnologyCombinatorial chemistryOptoelectronicsOrganic chemistryPhysical chemistryPhysicsQuantum mechanicsElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionFuel Cells and Related MaterialsAdvanced battery technologies research