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Inside Cover: High‐Performance Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Based on Nitrogen‐Doped Porous Carbon from Hydrothermal Treatment of Glucose and Dicyandiamide (ChemElectroChem 6/2015)
Author(s) -
Liu Xiaojun,
Li Ligui,
Zhou Weijia,
Zhou Yucheng,
Niu Wenhan,
Chen Shaowei
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemelectrochem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 59
ISSN - 2196-0216
DOI - 10.1002/celc.201590027
Subject(s) - reagent , hydrothermal circulation , catalysis , carbon fibers , nitrogen , oxygen reduction reaction , oxygen , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , porosity , chemical engineering , materials science , nuclear chemistry , organic chemistry , electrochemistry , electrode , composite material , composite number , engineering
A synthetic method is developed for the preparation of N‐doped porous carbon through hydrothermal treatment at controlled temperatures, using glucose and dicyandiamide as precursors, and ZnCl 2 as an activation reagent. The samples exhibit remarkable catalytic activity in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline media, comparable to that of state‐of‐the‐art Pt/C catalysts, as discussed by L. Li, S. Chen et al. on p. 803 .