Seaweed-Derived Nitrogen-Rich Porous Biomass Carbon as Bifunctional Materials for Effective Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction and High-Performance Gaseous Toluene Absorbent

Copyright © 2019 American Chemical Society. Seeking economical, high-performance catalysts from natural waste to substitute traditional noble metal catalysts has been an emerging strategy in recent decades for energy catalysis and conversion devices. In this work, sustainable biomass kelp-derive...

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Main Authors: Zeng, Libin, Li, Xinyong, Fan, Shiying, Mu, Jincheng, Qin, Meichun, Wang, Xinyang, Gan, Guoqiang, Tade, Moses, Liu, Shaomin
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79350
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author Zeng, Libin
Li, Xinyong
Fan, Shiying
Mu, Jincheng
Qin, Meichun
Wang, Xinyang
Gan, Guoqiang
Tade, Moses
Liu, Shaomin
author_facet Zeng, Libin
Li, Xinyong
Fan, Shiying
Mu, Jincheng
Qin, Meichun
Wang, Xinyang
Gan, Guoqiang
Tade, Moses
Liu, Shaomin
author_sort Zeng, Libin
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Copyright © 2019 American Chemical Society. Seeking economical, high-performance catalysts from natural waste to substitute traditional noble metal catalysts has been an emerging strategy in recent decades for energy catalysis and conversion devices. In this work, sustainable biomass kelp-derived self-nitrogen doped porous biomass carbon (PBC) with tunable pore structure and large specific surface areas was skillfully developed. The effect of calcination temperature on the pore structure and morphology of PBC was investigated to further optimize its performance. Honeycomb-like PBC exhibited high specific surface areas (805.2 m 2 g -1 ) and remarkable catalytically active nitrogen sites (higher to 1.51 wt %) with quantitative analysis. It largely enhanced its electrochemical performance such that the PBC-800 material showed excellent oxygen reduction reaction activity, and the electron transfer path of this process was fully explained by simulated density functional theory calculations. Interestingly, it possessed a high adsorption capacity for gaseous toluene (model fitted value of 332.23 mg g -1 ). On the basis of the above excellent properties, this kelp-based PBC might serve as a potentially bifunctional material for energy conversion and environmental purification.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-793502020-08-04T04:08:58Z Seaweed-Derived Nitrogen-Rich Porous Biomass Carbon as Bifunctional Materials for Effective Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction and High-Performance Gaseous Toluene Absorbent Zeng, Libin Li, Xinyong Fan, Shiying Mu, Jincheng Qin, Meichun Wang, Xinyang Gan, Guoqiang Tade, Moses Liu, Shaomin Science & Technology Physical Sciences Technology Chemistry, Multidisciplinary Green & Sustainable Science & Technology Engineering, Chemical Chemistry Science & Technology - Other Topics Engineering Biomass-based catalyst Pore tailorable Nitrogen active species Electron transfer ORR High capacity VOLATILE ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS DOPED CARBON ADSORPTION NANOSHEETS DYE FRAMEWORKS TEMPLATE STRATEGY REMOVAL SULFUR Copyright © 2019 American Chemical Society. Seeking economical, high-performance catalysts from natural waste to substitute traditional noble metal catalysts has been an emerging strategy in recent decades for energy catalysis and conversion devices. In this work, sustainable biomass kelp-derived self-nitrogen doped porous biomass carbon (PBC) with tunable pore structure and large specific surface areas was skillfully developed. The effect of calcination temperature on the pore structure and morphology of PBC was investigated to further optimize its performance. Honeycomb-like PBC exhibited high specific surface areas (805.2 m 2 g -1 ) and remarkable catalytically active nitrogen sites (higher to 1.51 wt %) with quantitative analysis. It largely enhanced its electrochemical performance such that the PBC-800 material showed excellent oxygen reduction reaction activity, and the electron transfer path of this process was fully explained by simulated density functional theory calculations. Interestingly, it possessed a high adsorption capacity for gaseous toluene (model fitted value of 332.23 mg g -1 ). On the basis of the above excellent properties, this kelp-based PBC might serve as a potentially bifunctional material for energy conversion and environmental purification. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79350 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b05863 English AMER CHEMICAL SOC restricted
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Engineering, Chemical
Chemistry
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Engineering
Biomass-based catalyst
Pore tailorable
Nitrogen active species
Electron transfer
ORR
High capacity
VOLATILE ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS
DOPED CARBON
ADSORPTION
NANOSHEETS
DYE
FRAMEWORKS
TEMPLATE
STRATEGY
REMOVAL
SULFUR
Zeng, Libin
Li, Xinyong
Fan, Shiying
Mu, Jincheng
Qin, Meichun
Wang, Xinyang
Gan, Guoqiang
Tade, Moses
Liu, Shaomin
Seaweed-Derived Nitrogen-Rich Porous Biomass Carbon as Bifunctional Materials for Effective Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction and High-Performance Gaseous Toluene Absorbent
title Seaweed-Derived Nitrogen-Rich Porous Biomass Carbon as Bifunctional Materials for Effective Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction and High-Performance Gaseous Toluene Absorbent
title_full Seaweed-Derived Nitrogen-Rich Porous Biomass Carbon as Bifunctional Materials for Effective Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction and High-Performance Gaseous Toluene Absorbent
title_fullStr Seaweed-Derived Nitrogen-Rich Porous Biomass Carbon as Bifunctional Materials for Effective Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction and High-Performance Gaseous Toluene Absorbent
title_full_unstemmed Seaweed-Derived Nitrogen-Rich Porous Biomass Carbon as Bifunctional Materials for Effective Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction and High-Performance Gaseous Toluene Absorbent
title_short Seaweed-Derived Nitrogen-Rich Porous Biomass Carbon as Bifunctional Materials for Effective Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction and High-Performance Gaseous Toluene Absorbent
title_sort seaweed-derived nitrogen-rich porous biomass carbon as bifunctional materials for effective electrocatalytic oxygen reduction and high-performance gaseous toluene absorbent
topic Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Engineering, Chemical
Chemistry
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Engineering
Biomass-based catalyst
Pore tailorable
Nitrogen active species
Electron transfer
ORR
High capacity
VOLATILE ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS
DOPED CARBON
ADSORPTION
NANOSHEETS
DYE
FRAMEWORKS
TEMPLATE
STRATEGY
REMOVAL
SULFUR
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79350