In Situ Fabrication of Defective CoNx Single Clusters on Reduced Graphene Oxide Sheets with Excellent Electrocatalytic Activity for Oxygen Reduction
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Abstract
A facile one-step strategy for anchoring defective CoNx single clusters on partly reduced graphene oxide (RGO) is constructed to significantly improve the catalytic performance of non-noble metal complexes toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Sequent loading with trace amounts of metal-free porphyrin and Co2+ in RGO can dramatically enhance both the half-wave potential and the peak current density. Intriguingly, the RGO/P/2Co single cluster exhibits the best ORR catalytic performance with the half-wave potential of 0.834 V, extremely approaching that of commercial Pt/C (0.836 V). This half-wave potential surpasses most of the reported half-wave potentials of RGO supported non-noble metal ORR catalysts through low-temperature synthesis. Furthermore, the as-prepared RGO/P/2Co delivers a peak current density of 1.3 times higher than that of Pt/C at the same loading, together with a high mass activity of 2.76 A mgCo-1. During the durability test, a cathodic current loss less than 10% is recorded after 8000 continuous potential cycles. Insights into this successful example will be conducive to the development of elegant routes for constructing metal nitrogen (MN)-based ORR catalysts with high efficiency, outstanding stability, and excellent selectivity.
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