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.
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)