Pristine carbon nanotubes as non-metal electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction of water splitting

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	Pristine carbon nanotubes as non-metal electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction of water splitting
	Y. Cheng; C. W. Xu; L. C. Jia; J. D. Gale; L. L. Zhang; C. Liu; P. K. Shen; S. P. Jiang
	2015
发表期刊	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental
ISSN	0926-3373
卷号	163 页码:96-104
摘要	Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is one of the most important reactions in electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems. Thus, the development of efficient electrocatalysts with high activity and durability is of great technological and scientific significance. We demonstrate here for the first time that pristine carbon nanotubes (CNTs) composed of between 2 and 7 concentric tubes and an outer diameter of 2-5 nm have an outstanding activity for the OER in alkaline solution as compared with single-walled and multi-walled CNTs (SWNTs & MWNTs). For example, current density measured at 1.8V (vs RHE) for the OER on triple-walled CNTs is 56 mA cm(-2), similar to 10 times higher than 5.9 mA cm(-2) measured on SWNTs and 35 times higher than 1.6 mA cm(-2) measured on MWNTs. The activity of such CNTs is significantly higher than that of conventional 20% Ru/C and 50% Pt/C electrocatalysts at high polarization potentials. Such CNTs also show an excellent stability toward OER. One hypothesis is that for the OER on CNTs with specific number of walls, efficient electron transfer occurs on the inner tubes of the CNTs most likely through electron tunneling between outer wall and inner tubes, significantly promoting the charge transfer reaction of OER at the surface of outer wall of the CNTs. For SWNTs, such separation of functionality for OER is not possible, while effective electron tunneling between outer wall and inner tubes of the CNTs diminishes as the number of walls increases due to the reduced dc bias (i.e., the driving force) across the walls or layers of MWNTs. This hypothesis is strongly supported by the observed distinctive volcano-type dependence of the electrocatalytic activity and turnover frequencies (TOF) of CNTs as a function of number of walls. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
部门归属	[cheng, yi ; xu, changvvei ; jia, lichao ; jiang, san ping] curtin univ, fuels & energy technol inst, perth, wa 6102, australia. [cheng, yi ; xu, changvvei ; jia, lichao ; jiang, san ping] curtin univ, dept chem engn, perth, wa 6102, australia. [gale, julian d.] curtin univ, nanochem res inst, dept chem, perth, wa 6845, australia. [zhang, lili ; liu, chang] chinese acad sci, inst met res, shenyang 110016, peoples r china. [shen, pei kang] sun yat sen univ, adv energy mat lab, guangzhou 510275, guangdong, peoples r china. ; gale, jd (reprint author), curtin univ, nanochem res inst, dept chem, pob u1987, perth, wa 6845, australia. ; j.gale@curtin.edu.au ; s.jiang@curtin.edu.au
关键词	Water Electrolysis Carbon Nanotubes Oxygen Evolution Reaction Volcano Curve Electron Tunneling Effect Transition-metal Electrodes Solid Polymer Electrolyte Electrochemical Evolution Co3o4 Nanocrystals Raman-spectroscopy Reduction Reaction Alkaline-solutions Oxide-films Oxidation Catalysts
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语种	英语
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.imr.ac.cn/handle/321006/73206
专题	中国科学院金属研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Y. Cheng,C. W. Xu,L. C. Jia,et al. Pristine carbon nanotubes as non-metal electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction of water splitting[J]. Applied Catalysis B-Environmental,2015,163:96-104.
APA	Y. Cheng.,C. W. Xu.,L. C. Jia.,J. D. Gale.,L. L. Zhang.,...&S. P. Jiang.(2015).Pristine carbon nanotubes as non-metal electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction of water splitting.Applied Catalysis B-Environmental,163,96-104.
MLA	Y. Cheng,et al."Pristine carbon nanotubes as non-metal electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction of water splitting".Applied Catalysis B-Environmental 163(2015):96-104.