Vertically Aligned BCN Nanotubes as Efficient Metal‐Free Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction: A Synergetic Effect by Co‐Doping with Boron and Nitrogen | Zendy

Wang  Shuangyin | Zendy; Iyyamperumal  Eswaramoorthi | Zendy; Roy Ajit | Zendy; Xue Yuhua | Zendy; Yu Dingshan | Zendy; Dai Liming | Zendy

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Vertically Aligned BCN Nanotubes as Efficient Metal‐Free Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction: A Synergetic Effect by Co‐Doping with Boron and Nitrogen

Author(s) -

Wang Shuangyin,

Iyyamperumal Eswaramoorthi,

Roy Ajit,

Xue Yuhua,

Yu Dingshan,

Dai Liming

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

angewandte chemie international edition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831

H-Index - 550

eISSN - 1521-3773

pISSN - 1433-7851

DOI - 10.1002/anie.201105204

Subject(s) - electrocatalyst , oxygen reduction reaction , doping , materials science , boron , nanotechnology , metal , chemical engineering , oxygen , catalysis , electrochemistry , chemistry , electrode , optoelectronics , metallurgy , organic chemistry , engineering

A single‐compound source of B, C, and N was used for the growth of vertically aligned BCN (VA‐BCN) nanotubes (NTs). Owing to a synergetic effect of co‐doping of C nanotubes (CNTs) with N and B, the VA‐BCN NTs show significantly improved electrocatalytic activity (e.g., current density) for the oxygen reduction reaction compared to undoped VA‐CNTs, CNTs doped with only B or N (VA‐BCNT, VA‐NCNT), and a commercial Pt/C electrocatalyst (see picture).

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