The Use of an Edible Mushroom-Derived Renewable Carbon Material as a Highly Stable Electrocatalyst towards Four-Electron Oxygen Reduction

Guo, Chaozhong; Sun, Lingtao; Liao, Wenli; Li, Zhongbin

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The Use of an Edible Mushroom-Derived Renewable Carbon Material as a Highly Stable Electrocatalyst towards Four-Electron Oxygen Reduction

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Research Institute for New Materials Technology, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Yongchuan 402160, Chongqing, China

College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Yongchuan 402160, Chongqing, China

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Materials 2016, 9(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma9010001

Received: 9 November 2015 / Revised: 7 December 2015 / Accepted: 14 December 2015 / Published: 23 December 2015

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Porous Carbonaceous Materials from Biomass)

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The development of highly stable and efficient electrocatalysts for sluggish oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is exceedingly significant for the commercialization of fuel cells but remains a challenge. We here synthesize a new nitrogen-doped biocarbon composite material ([email protected]) as a nitrogen-containing carbon-based electrocatalyst for the ORR via facile all-solid-state multi-step pyrolysis of bioprotein-enriched enoki mushroom as a starting material, and inexpensive carbon nanoparticles as the inserting matrix and conducting agent at controlled temperatures. Results show that the [email protected] catalyst exhibits the best ORR electrocatalytic activity with an onset potential of 0.94 V (versus reversible hydrogen electrode, RHE) and high stability. Meanwhile, this catalyst significantly exhibits good selectivity of the four-electron reaction pathway in an alkaline electrolyte. It is notable that pyridinic- and graphtic-nitrogen groups that play a key role in the enhancement of the ORR activity may be the catalytically active structures for the ORR. We further propose that the pyridinic-nitrogen species can mainly stabilize the ORR activity and the graphitic-nitrogen species can largely enhance the ORR activity. Besides, the addition of carbon support also plays an important role in the pyrolysis process, promoting the ORR electrocatalytic activity. View Full-Text

Keywords: enoki mushroom; electrocatalyst; oxygen reduction; carbon material

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Guo, C.; Sun, L.; Liao, W.; Li, Z. The Use of an Edible Mushroom-Derived Renewable Carbon Material as a Highly Stable Electrocatalyst towards Four-Electron Oxygen Reduction. Materials 2016, 9, 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma9010001

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Guo C, Sun L, Liao W, Li Z. The Use of an Edible Mushroom-Derived Renewable Carbon Material as a Highly Stable Electrocatalyst towards Four-Electron Oxygen Reduction. Materials. 2016; 9(1):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma9010001

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Guo, Chaozhong, Lingtao Sun, Wenli Liao, and Zhongbin Li. 2016. "The Use of an Edible Mushroom-Derived Renewable Carbon Material as a Highly Stable Electrocatalyst towards Four-Electron Oxygen Reduction" Materials 9, no. 1: 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma9010001

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