Designing porous structures and active sites in carbon-based electrocatalysts

Zhang J, Zhuang X, Müllen K, Feng X (2018)

Publication Type: Authored book

Publication year: 2018

Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag

ISBN: 9783527811458

DOI: 10.1002/9783527811458.vol1-ch4

Abstract

This chapter discusses the design of active sites and porous nanostructures of carbon-based electrocatalysts, where various metal-free and noble-metal-free, carbon-based nanostructures have been developed for the electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) reactions. The introduction of heteroatoms and metal atoms into carbon frameworks can induce electron modulation and thus offers desirable electronic structures for the ORR process. The electrocatalytic HER activity of the catalysts can be quantified by analyzing the free energy of hydrogen adsorption. The metal-free or noble-metal-free porous carbon nanostructures have been intensively studied as ORR and HER electrocatalysts to replace the Pt noble metal. In addition to the electrocatalytic ORR and HER, porous carbon catalysts are also drawing increasing attentions for application to other electrocatalytic reactions including oxygen evolution reaction (OER), CO2 reduction, and photoelectrocatalytic water splitting.

Involved external institutions

Technische Universität Dresden DE Germany (DE) Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung (MPI-P) / Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Zhang, J., Zhuang, X., Müllen, K., & Feng, X. (2018). Designing porous structures and active sites in carbon-based electrocatalysts. Wiley-VCH Verlag.

MLA:

Zhang, Jian, et al. Designing porous structures and active sites in carbon-based electrocatalysts. Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2018.

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