Electrocatalytic hydrogen peroxide formation on mesoporous non-metal nitrogen-doped carbon catalyst

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摘要 Directelectrochemicalformationofhydrogenperoxide(H2O2)frompureO2andH2oncheapmetal-freeearthabundantcatalystshasemergedasthehighestatom-efficientandenvironmentallyfriendlyreactionpathwayandisthereforeofgreatinterestfromanacademicandindustrialpointofview.Veryrecently,novelmetal-freemesoporousnitrogen-dopedcarboncatalystshaveattractedlargeattentionduetotheuniquereactivityandselectivityfortheelectrochemicalhydrogenperoxideformation[1–3].Inthiswork,weprovidedeeperinsightsintotheelectrocatalyticactivity,selectivityanddurabilityofnovelmetal-freemesoporousnitrogen-dopedcarboncatalystfortheperoxideformationwithaparticularemphasisontheinfluenceofexperimentalreactionparameterssuchaspHvalueandelectrodepotentialforthreedifferentelectrolytes.Weusedtwoindependentapproachesfortheinvestigationofelectrochemicalhydrogenperoxideformation,namelyrotatingring-diskelectrode(RRDE)techniqueandphotometricUV–VIStechnique.Ourelectrochemicalandphotometricresultsclearlyrevealedaconsiderableperoxideformationactivityaswellashighcatalystdurabilityforthemetal-freenitrogen-dopedcarboncatalystmaterialinbothacidicaswellasneutralmediumatthesameelectrodepotentialunderambienttemperatureandpressure.Inaddition,theobtainedelectrochemicalreactivityandselectivityindicatethatthemechanismsfortheelectrochemicalformationanddecompositionofperoxidearestronglydependentonthepHvalueandelectrodepotential.
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出处 《能源化学:英文版》 2016年2期
出版日期 2016年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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