Electrocatalytic two-electron oxygen reduction over nitrogen doped hollow carbon nanospheres
Zhaoquan Xu, Ziyu Ma, Kai Dong, Jie Liang, Longcheng Zhang, Yongsong Luo, Qian Liu, Jinmao You, Zhe‐sheng Feng, Dongwei Ma, Yan Wang, Xuping Sun
Abstract
Hollow carbon nanospheres with abundant mesoporous structure and enhanced N configuration active sites can reduce O 2 to H 2 O 2 with an ultrahigh H 2 O 2 yield rate of 7.32 mol g cat. −1 h −1 and a high faradaic efficiency of 96.7% in 0.1 M KOH.
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SelectivityCatalysisHydrogen peroxideFaraday efficiencyElectrochemistryCarbon fibersChemistryNitrogenOxygenYield (engineering)HydrogenReversible hydrogen electrodeInorganic chemistryElectrocatalystChemical engineeringMaterials scienceElectrodeOrganic chemistryPhysical chemistryReference electrodeEngineeringMetallurgyComposite materialComposite numberElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionAdvanced battery technologies researchAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques